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The ''Madrid Skylitzes'' is a richly illustrated illuminated manuscript of the ''Synopsis of Histories'' ( el, Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν, ), by 
It is unclear whether these illustrations are copies of earlier Byzantine images or were newly created specifically for this copy.
''The glory of Byzantium: art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era, A.D. 843–1261''
no. 338, 1997, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ; full text available online from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
* ttp://www.wdl.org/en/item/10625/ World Digital Library page, and PDF download of the Madrid Skylitzes Skyllitzes Matritensis 12th-century books 12th-century illuminated manuscripts Byzantine literature Byzantine illuminated manuscripts {{Manuscript-stub
John Skylitzes
John Skylitzes, commonly Latinized as Ioannes, la, Johannes, label=none, la, Iōannēs, label=none Scylitzes ( el, Ἰωάννης Σκυλίτζης, ''Iōánnēs Skylítzēs'', or el, Σκυλίτση, ''Skylítsē'', label=none ; la, ...
, which covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I
Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I ( gr, Νικηφόρος; 750 – 26 July 811) was Byzantine emperor from 802 to 811. Having served Empress Irene as '' genikos logothetēs'', he subsequently ousted her from power and took the throne himself. In r ...
in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057. The manuscript was produced in Sicily
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in the 12th century, and is now at the Biblioteca Nacional de España
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in Madrid
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, with the shelfmark MS Graecus Vitr. 26–2. Other names for it are and .
Apart from the very fragmentary 6th-century Alexandrian World Chronicle, it is the only surviving illustrated manuscript of a Greek chronicle, and includes 574 miniatures.
It is unclear whether these illustrations are copies of earlier Byzantine images or were newly created specifically for this copy.
Bibliography
* Color facsimile edition by Militos (Μίλητος) Publishers, . * Vasiliki Tsamakda, The Illustrated Chronicle of Ioannes Skylitzes, Leiden 2002. * Bente Bjørnholt and J. Burke, eds. "The Cultures and Contexts of the Madrid Skylitzes" ''International Medieval Congress'',University of Leeds
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, 13 July 2004 (pub. 2005).
Further reading
* Evans, Helen C. & Wixom, William D.''The glory of Byzantium: art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era, A.D. 843–1261''
no. 338, 1997, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ; full text available online from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
External links
* ttp://www.wdl.org/en/item/10625/ World Digital Library page, and PDF download of the Madrid Skylitzes Skyllitzes Matritensis 12th-century books 12th-century illuminated manuscripts Byzantine literature Byzantine illuminated manuscripts {{Manuscript-stub