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34: 22: 734:, dated 29 April 1827: "You will have heard of the edition of the Byzantine historians, which I am superintending. It is a great delight to me to be able thus to infuse some life into our literary doings; to give employment to young philologists; to give extension, activity, and perfection to typography; to contribute my mite to the increase of general prosperity...." 142:
While the first volume of the series received praise for its "minute care and attention" to textual details, later volumes produced under Bekker became infamous for their frequent misprints, careless execution, and general unreliability. Given these shortcomings, the
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was even harsher in his assessment, calling the CSHB "the most lamentably feeble production ever given to the world by German scholars of great reputation." See:
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1 (1828), p. 575. The anonymous reviewer criticizes Niebuhr, however, for standardizing Byzantine orthography along Classical lines
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to re-edit many of the texts included in the Bonn edition of the CSHB.
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Historia Politica et Patriarchica Constantinopoleos; Epirotica
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Series of primary sources for the study of Byzantine history
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between 1648 and 1711 under the initial direction of the
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Text (the History of Nikephoros Gregoras) from the CSHB
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translation. The project, conceived by the historian
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The series was first based at the 707:Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 151:Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 13: 828: 419:, ed. Schopen, vol. 2 (Bonn, 1830) 412:, ed. Schopen, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1829) 227:, ed. Schopen, vol. 3 (Bonn, 1832) 220:, ed. Schopen, vol. 2 (Bonn, 1831) 213:, ed. Schopen, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1828) 14: 969: 914:in the "Links Galore" spreadsheet 897: 670:, ed. Pinder, vol. 2 (Bonn, 1844) 533:, ed. Bekker, vol. 2 (Bonn, 1835) 526:, ed. Bekker, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1835) 426:, ed. Bekker, vol. 3 (Bonn, 1855) 392:Georgius Syncellus, Nicephorus Cp 338:, ed. Bekker, vol. 3 (Bonn, 1840) 325:, ed. Reiske, vol. 2 (Bonn, 1830) 243:, ed. Bekker, vol. 2 (Bonn, 1839) 236:, ed. Bekker, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1838) 786: 771: 754: 737: 719: 1: 912:List of scans of CSHB volumes 878:. In Stephenson, Paul (ed.). 874:Reinsch, Dietrich R. (2010). 712: 478:, ed. L. Dindorf (Bonn, 1831) 75: 133:Prussian Academy of Sciences 60:of Byzantine history writers 7: 835:Irmscher, Johannes (1953). 695: 330:Constantine Porphyrogenitus 323:Constantine Porphyrogenitus 311:Constantine Porphyrogenitus 104:Corpus Byzantinae Historiae 62:), also referred to as the 10: 974: 958:19th-century history books 171:, ed. Niebuhr (Bonn, 1828) 158: 749:Revue des études grecques 690:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1837) 650:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1834) 641:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) 620:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1841) 567:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1828) 550:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1837) 517:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1835) 508:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1836) 495:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1837) 469:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) 442:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1837) 433:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1849) 403:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1836) 374:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1840) 365:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1834) 305:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1843) 298:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1839) 252:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1843) 204:, ed. Bekker (Bonn, 1853) 147:established in 1966 the 647:Theophylactus Simocatta 614:, ed. Classen, vol. 2; 626:Theophanes Continuatus 149: 107:(sometimes called the 103: 99:Barthold Georg Niebuhr 56: 46: 40: 30: 26: 681:, vol. 3 (Bonn, 1897) 663:, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1841) 607:, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1839) 580:, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1833) 547:Nicephorus Cpolitanus 484:Constantinus Manasses 318:, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1829) 265:, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1832) 249:Laonicus Chalcondyles 195:, vol. 2 (Bonn, 1878) 184:, vol. 1 (Bonn, 1839) 36: 24: 943:Byzantine historians 933:Byzantine literature 702:Byzantine Literature 612:Theophanes Confessor 600:Theophanes Confessor 282:Nicephorus Bryennius 225:Ioannes Cantacuzenus 218:Ioannes Cantacuzenus 210:Ioannes Cantacuzenus 880:The Byzantine World 766:The Byzantine World 539:Paulus Silentiarius 531:Georgius Pachymeres 523:Georgius Pachymeres 492:Georgius Acropolita 424:Nicephorus Gregoras 417:Nicephorus Gregoras 409:Nicephorus Gregoras 295:Codinus Curopalates 109:Byzantine du Louvre 781:The Foreign Review 564:Ioannes Anagnostes 556:Georgius Phrantzes 380:Georgius Syncellus 270:Chronicon Paschale 258:Chronicon Paschale 125:University of Bonn 41: 31: 938:Byzantine studies 798:August Heisenberg 638:Georgius Monachus 630:Ioannes Cameniata 514:Nicetas Choniates 241:Georgius Cedrenus 233:Georgius Cedrenus 201:Michael Attaliota 70:for the study of 965: 908: 893: 870: 868: 862:. 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Index



Corpus
primary sources
Byzantine
Bonn
critical edition
Byzantine Greek
Latin
Barthold Georg Niebuhr
Paris
Jesuit
Philippe Labbe
University of Bonn
Immanuel Bekker
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Berlin
International Association of Byzantine Studies
Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae
Agathias
Anna Comnena
Schopen
Reifferscheid
Michael Attaliota
Ioannes Cantacuzenus
Georgius Cedrenus
Laonicus Chalcondyles
Chronicon Paschale
L. Dindorf
Ioannes Cinnamus

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