Seal of Constantine, patrikios, hypatos, and anagrapheus of Bulgaria (Schlumberger, 1891)

''Anagrapheus'' ( el, ἀναγραφεύς) was a

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fiscal official in the 9th–12th centuries. The title does not appear in the lists of offices (''taktika''), but is attested on seals and monastic charters, with the first occurrence ca. 750–850, and the last secured mention in 1189.

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thought that the office continued in existence until

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, after which it was replaced by the ''

apographeus ''Apographeus'' ( el, ἀπογραφεύς) was a fiscal official in the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire. The office first appears in the Komnenian period, either under Alexios I Komnenos () or at any rate by the third quarter of the 12th c ...

''. The duties of the office were related with the revision of the

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; each ''anagrapheus'' was usually assigned to a particular

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. According to the ''

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'', its "functions were hardly distinguishable from those of the '' epoptes''".

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* {{ODB , last1 = Kazhdan , first = Alexander , authorlink = Alexander Kazhdan , title = Anagrapheus , page = 84 Byzantine fiscal offices