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Sections II and III give the order in which officials should be introduced to the imperial banquets. Section II gives the highest dignitaries, those who could be seated at the Byzantine emperor's own table, while Section III deals with middle-ranking and lower-ranking officials, as well as with the
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The Imperial Administrative System of the Ninth Century – With a Revised Text of the Kletorologion of Philotheos
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within the last chapters (52–54) of the second book of a later treatise on imperial ceremonies known as the
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Section I is the introductory, and gives a brief overview of all the court ranks and state offices of the
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giving advice on arranging the various banquets throughout the year, beginning with the celebrations for
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Section IV is the longest portion of the text, and is addressed to the court
87: 361: 132: 108: 272: 53: 143: 124: 307:. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1661–1662. 82: 164: 41:). It was published in September 899 during the reign of Emperor 73:", and recommends its adoption at the imperial table. 323: 95:(r. 913–959). It is divided into four sections: 153:A short appendix follows (chapter 54 of the 31:), is the longest and most important of the 297:(1991). "Philotheos, Kletorologion of". In 252: 250: 182: 180: 213: 211: 209: 207: 293: 256: 186: 35:lists of offices and court precedence ( 324: 247: 177: 81:Philotheos's work survives only as an 45:(r. 886–912) by the otherwise unknown 204: 271: 241: 229: 217: 198: 332:9th century in the Byzantine Empire 281:. London: Oxford University Press. 13: 347:Government of the Byzantine Empire 304:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 14: 373: 163:of pseudo-Epiphanius, a list of 235: 223: 192: 1: 171: 357:890s in the Byzantine Empire 93:Constantine Porphyrogennetos 7: 76: 10: 378: 265: 123:) and foreign embassies ( 107:embassies from the other 28: 352:Handbooks and manuals 342:Byzantine literature 160:Notitia Episcopatuum 299:Kazhdan, Alexander 295:Kazhdan, Alexander 67:imperial hierarchy 337:9th-century books 244:, pp. 14–15. 369: 318: 290: 260: 254: 245: 239: 233: 227: 221: 215: 202: 196: 190: 184: 101:Byzantine Empire 30: 377: 376: 372: 371: 370: 368: 367: 366: 322: 321: 315: 268: 263: 259:, p. 1662. 255: 248: 240: 236: 228: 224: 216: 205: 197: 193: 189:, p. 1661. 185: 178: 174: 79: 57:Philotheos. As 48:prōtospatharios 43:Leo VI the Wise 12: 11: 5: 375: 365: 364: 359: 354: 349: 344: 339: 334: 320: 319: 313: 291: 267: 264: 262: 261: 246: 234: 222: 203: 191: 175: 173: 170: 169: 168: 165:episcopal sees 151: 136: 104: 78: 75: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 374: 363: 360: 358: 355: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 329: 327: 316: 314:0-19-504652-8 310: 306: 305: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 279: 274: 270: 269: 258: 253: 251: 243: 238: 232:, p. 10. 231: 226: 220:, p. 15. 219: 214: 212: 210: 208: 201:, p. 11. 200: 195: 188: 183: 181: 176: 166: 162: 161: 156: 155:De Ceremoniis 152: 149: 145: 141: 137: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 109:patriarchates 105: 102: 98: 97: 96: 94: 90: 89: 88:De Ceremoniis 84: 74: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 55: 50: 49: 44: 40: 39: 34: 29:Κλητορολόγιον 26: 22: 21:of Philotheos 20: 19:Klētorologion 302: 277: 257:Kazhdan 1991 237: 225: 194: 187:Kazhdan 1991 158: 154: 147: 139: 86: 80: 71:klētοrologia 70: 62: 58: 52: 46: 36: 18: 17: 15: 273:Bury, J. B. 91:of Emperor 326:Categories 287:1046639111 172:References 150:officials. 148:atriklinai 140:atriklinēs 59:atriklinēs 54:atriklinēs 242:Bury 1911 230:Bury 1911 218:Bury 1911 199:Bury 1911 144:Christmas 121:Jerusalem 33:Byzantine 275:(1911). 83:appendix 77:Sections 63:klētοria 301:(ed.). 266:Sources 133:Germans 129:Bulgars 117:Antioch 38:Taktika 311:  285:  125:Arabs 25:Greek 309:ISBN 283:OCLC 131:and 119:and 113:Rome 51:and 16:The 362:899 328:: 249:^ 206:^ 179:^ 135:). 127:, 115:, 27:: 317:. 289:. 167:. 111:( 23:(

Index

Greek
Byzantine
Taktika
Leo VI the Wise
prōtospatharios
atriklinēs
imperial hierarchy
appendix
De Ceremoniis
Constantine Porphyrogennetos
Byzantine Empire
patriarchates
Rome
Antioch
Jerusalem
Arabs
Bulgars
Germans
Christmas
Notitia Episcopatuum
episcopal sees


Kazhdan 1991
Bury 1911




Bury 1911

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