De cerimoniis aulae Byzantinae (lib. 1.842.-56)
until he reaches the grade. But it is necessary to know that for the empress’s portion, four silentiarii of good repute and of attested respectable li
and to send [someone] also to meet them, and to lead each one into his own lodging, and bedding and expenses are prepared beforehand for them. And the
They are adored by the domestics and protectors, and the Persikē meets them, and all things are done according to custom. When he wishes to dismiss th
to Nicomedia, if he wishes, he should cross over by dromons, and if he is vexed, it is in any case necessary to prepare both horses and animals, so th
armed *candidati* and comely *pueri* following them. And the emperor comes out of the *cubiculum*, escorted by the *patricius*, and sits in the great
of a silentiary to him, so that he may come forth, and a silence is made, and the chariot is held, and the labarum-bearers stand, and when he comes fo
fellow-soldier, from whom, while still campaigning with you, I learned to endure. It was shouted by all: Good fortune! The army hails you as emperor
pounds of silver, and when he receives it, he presents them with the document in return, and thus he enters, escorted by all, and the prefects 416 and
a Roman and full of every imperial virtue, so as not to be subject to the love of money, nor to any other human passion, at least as far as is possibl
where it is the custom in the Hippodrome for the senators to do obeisance, he put on a tunic of purple silk with gold stripes, a belt, leggings, and i
palace. So Celer the magister arrived, and Justin of the divine inheritance, being at that time count of the excubitors. And immediately the magister
The Emperor Caesar Augustus: that through our own philanthropy he might strengthen us to accomplish all things beneficial to you and to the state. F
When Romanos the younger emperor died, son of Constantine the great and porphyrogennetos emperor of the Romans, the Macedonian, on the 15th of the mon
they killed. They destroyed the houses of those who were arrayed against the ruler down to the foundations, having plundered all their possessions and
*** CH. 97. On the promotion of a president of the whole senate.
444 Plan of the imperial campaigns and a memorandum on the military camps. These are the military camps: the first camp at Malagina, the second at Dor
for a set time to count the baggage animals, how many pack-animals there are, and to report this number. And having received the number of the pack-an
the armies in one straight line. And in the middle were the tagmata, and of these the most honored in the central position, and on either side of the
of these things a written account will be made, revealing Roman majesty. Wherefore, after investigating much concerning these things and finding no me
Thus: the Strategos of the Anatolikon, 3 mules the Strategos of the Armeniakon, 3 mules the Strategos of the Thrakesion, 3 mules the Strategos of t
curacies. And while the imperial service is being supplied, wherever he finds good wine and oil and legumes, so that he may put it in his vessels, and
of noble refugees. Thick and winged felted double-thick cloths for the emperor's use for the low couches two saddles for the procession, saddles for
two all-gold items, two all-gold standing-cups. It is to be known, that these must be used when foreigners are dining with the emperor. For this reaso
the count and the chartoularios. And the count of the stable also provides for the transportations, for every ten pack-horses, a syntrophos of the Mal
it is an imperial [regulation], that no one should receive as a gift, neither a mule, nor a pack-horse, bearing the imperial brand, so that the imperi
Caesarea, or in another theme towards the place, in which he is about to encamp, it being suitable and when he comes nearest to the camp at a distanc
has been said before, and the imperial table becomes a low stool. The imperial cooks prepare the appetizers in the evening. The eighty optimates lead
It is to be known that, when the emperor is in Syria, the *magistroi* and the *patrikioi* and the official *protospatharioi* receive a *maioumas* the
for one ox-skin, and two Apisian waterskins each, in order to cross easily the deep and difficult rivers and they are to have their tools without fai
magistrianoi, fabricenses, the bureau of the prefects and of the prefect, silversmiths and all merchants, and every corporation, and simply from the C
at the Philadelphion and the Taurus, at the Artopoulion and at the Forum. And upon arriving at the Forum they dismounted from their horses, and entere
of their golden ones, placing on his head both a helmet with a golden crest, girding on also a short sword, and he himself mounted a likewise white ho
to be observed on the second day of the first week, when the emperor delivers a speech at the silentium of the Magnaura. 11. What must be observed whe
Greetings of ambassadors of various nations coming to the emperor. 48. The acts of the inscriptions made for the nations. 49. These are the things set
They open the gate leading out from the Horologion into the Lausiakos. Then, with the maglabites and the weekly officials of the Hetaireia, they open
for some pagans to see the emperor, if he does not wish to be crowned, he puts on his head the crown called the kaisarikion and the sagion woven entir
to summon to the hall, and immediately the drungarius draws his sword, and the papias also comes out, shaking the keys in his hand, and immediately th
receiving it, he prostrates himself on the ground, and kisses the feet of the emperor and his knees, likewise also of the junior emperor and after th
The annual commemoration of Constantine the Great and the dedication of the erected precious crosses in the new palace of Bonus.
the patriarch, arriving with the procession, stands inside the church of the Holy Apostles outside the railings of the sanctuary, and when the time co
of the imperial clergy and of the protopapas of the Daphne [church] of Saint Stephen and of the diaetarii of Saint Stephen and of the palace, all carr
of him, and having stood there, the officers of the kouboukleion stand on this side and that. And the spatharokoubikoularioi stand behind them. And th
at a nod from the praepositus, all the people say, Many years! And after all have fallen silent, the emperor begins to deliver his speech. It is to
being escorted by the aforementioned, and it is deposited in the palace of Daphne in the church of the holy protomartyr Stephen. And on the Monday of
of the kouboukleion, and they themselves praying toward the single door leading further in, and outside the single door stand the praepositi, they als
riding on horseback, go before the masters. The *maglabitai* and all the imperial men with *skaramangia* and swords, each goes before in his own rank.
the lords into the narthex, and putting on the gold-bordered cloaks, they light candles at the royal gates. And immediately they enter and pass throug
all the rulers of the church and presbyters and other priests. And the emperor comes out from the scaramangion, wearing also the gold-bordered sagion,
holding a staff, and brings in the foreigner, who is clearly held by the katepano of the imperial men, or by the count of the stable, or by the protos
from large purple skaramangia and from various imperial silver works, and there were hung in it 5 small chains and 5 silver polycandela from the New C
specia and golden torques but those who did not have specia wore skaramangia and rose-colored sagia. The chartoularioi and notarioi of the sekreta wo
and from there the sons of archons and the saponistai of the vestiarion and those of the trapeza, the sons of archons wearing their own skaramangia an
of the Great Martyr Demetrios and from those stored in the treasury. And on the wooden racks from the Pentapyrgion bound to the walls were fastened to
before the friends went out, through the [official] of the table they were given, in golden, jeweled bowls, to the two friends five hundred miliaresia
a faction of three men each. And in the White faction and in the Red faction were hung the pointed veils of the Golden Triclinium, the gryponagroi an
That on the 30th of the month of August, on a Sunday, upon the arrival of Delemikes the Emir of Edessa and apokrisiarios of Abochabdas, a reception wa
of maidservants, she entered through the Justinianos and the Lausiakos and the Tripeton into the Kainourgion, and rested then, the emperor having sat
of a peeping-curtain hanging in the middle of the canopy, in which place it is customary for the emperors to be seated on a throne, a reception being
and they perform the *saximon*, as the regulation provides. But if any of them are seated in the reception hall, rising up they complete the *saximon*
and to the patricians 144 miliaresia each, and one Saracen loros inner-garment each, or one of pure silk to the protospatharioi 120 miliaresia each a
these things are arranged. And immediately the psalmist comes forth and says a prokeimenon: What god is great as our God? You are the God who does wo
the taxeotai place the arms upon leather skins and goat-hair cloths so that they are not soiled, either by dust, or by mud. The demesmen of the two fa
the small cradle, and both the Augusta and the child are covered with gold-embroidered coverlets. Then, through the trapeza of the Augusta, the praepo
being seized by the sponsors are distributed. 622 But in the time of Basil, the emperor of blessed memory, the tonsuring of Leo, the Christ-loving mas
a *paragaudion* to the gates of the bema, that is, to the holy doors, and then the *praepositus* comes out, and leads in from the Pantheon, or from th
And the patrician Niketas and the patrician John and the patrician who was over Jesdes and the patrician Dometios and the magister Eustathios wore tog
When the emperor had ordered the fulfillment of the four petitions to take place, he entered into the triconch, and changed as was customary, and bein
being. And it is clear from the assurance of the emperor Heraclius, which he made to Sergius the patriarch, containing in these very words: The praep
15 silver-embroidered short-sleeved tunics of true purple. 29 colored short-sleeved tunics with points. 18 colored short-sleeved tunics of true purple
are of his sarcophagus. Another sarcophagus of Proconnesian stone, in which lies Irene, the wife of Constantine Caballinus. Another green Thessalian s
on the east, in the left part of the same oratory stands a sarcophagus in relief, in which lies Anastasia the daughter of Basil the Christ-loving mast
Total in all: 23 thousands and two. Through the theme of the Cibyrrhaeots. 15 dromons, having, each, 230 rowers and 70 warriors total 4 thousands and
he should accept. It should be known that the archon Chrepou in the theme of Hellas undertook to make 2,000 arrows and 3,000 javelins. Likewise also t
Atenulf, his brother, and Goimar and Goifer, his brother, and all the apostate Lombards from the theme of Lombardy, and that he hand over the forts to
each with 150 men and 6 ousiaka chelandia each with 108 men. And there were sent with the protospatharios John and asekretis to Africa 3 chelandia and
of Thrace, for both salaries and bonuses of the army, in place of the garments, 171 pounds and 29 of gold, 9 scaramangia. for the 4 tagmata of Macedon
and for the great crossbows, iron parts according to type. pitch, 10,000 litrai. liquid pitch, 3 round Magarika. cedar oil, 50 Magarika. flax, 8,000 l
muscles of bow-strings, 4,000. The things given from the sekreton of the vestiarium to the droungarios of the fleet in surplus for the expedition to C
of Rome? The greeting to the emperor of the ambassadors coming from Bulgaria. How is the God-crowned emperor, the spiritual grandfather of the ruler f
Mercy, gladness and glory from God to the high and great emperor of the Romans, a good life and health to you and a long life from the Lord, O peace-m
in God himself, emperors of the Romans, to so-and-so the most holy pope of Rome and our spiritual father. to the king of Saxony to the king of Bavar
offices, or not. But if from these one also wishes to be set up among the salaried imperials, he provides 4 pounds in addition to the price of the dig
are made destitute and given over to the *apelatai*, from whom also *Tzekones* are assigned to the forts. But the properties of such soldiers remain i
the hippodrome, and there he is venerated by the domestics and protectors as soon as he enters the gate, and being escorted in procession he comes out
being made known and at the same time being done, we shall set them down line by line in the order of a list. And we do this, not as overturning the w
These into six parts, namely, into generals, into domestics, into judges, into secretaries, into democrats, into private offices. 708 Volume I. Concer
to the chamberlains, 3 pounds, to the cubiculum with the praepositi alone, 3 pounds of gold, and her sticharion to the praepositus. To the one in char
of the Opsikion the strategos of the Boukellarioi the strategos of Cappadocia the strategos of Charsianon the strategos of Koloneia the strategos
centarchs, bandon-bearers, laburisioi, standard-bearers, duciniatores, mandators. And under the Drungarius of the Fleet are subordinated 7 kinds of of
2, to the primicerius 4. The fourth dignity is that of the ostiarii, whose insignia, a golden rod having a headpiece of precious stones, is bestowed b
them from the bearded maioumas for the games. The papias is also to receive wood weekly, one pitch, and the secundus one pitch. And all these things a
patrician and logothete of the herds the proconsul patrician and domestic of the Hikanatoi the proconsul patrician and domestic of the Noumeroi the
protospatharios and over the petitions the protospatharios and orphanotrophos the protospatharioi and kleisourarchs the protospatharios and demarch
chartoularios of the theme of the Anatolics the spatharios and chartoularios of the tagma of the Scholae the spatharios and actuarius the spathario
should some of the aforesaid hold ranks granted by award, let each of them be preferred in grade according to the rank of one of equal status. 739 But
as he goes up with them to the three-couched imperial banquet, and stations them around the venerable table so that those friends whom the emperor dee
of the Excubitors, and to lead them in at the summons according to the previously shown manner. And in the couches 746 of each of the parts, one must
the polytrikhon, and to prepare for a feast for friends, at the imperial table eight magistroi, anthypatoi, patrikioi, and strategoi, and two Bulgaria
a pre-feast illumination and the presentation of the mangers, to lead them all out according to the rule prescribed for all. On the tenth day, for the
of all the orphans, and to arrange him on the left, facing the position of the akoubita and to bring them both in on either side with the blessing of
and to lead them out with their own vestments, except for their cloaks, according to the dignity of rank belonging to each. On the Sunday of Meatfare.
the four domestics of the tagmata are brought in with the two demarchs and the chartoularios of the imperial sakelle, and with them also all the gerok
they hold, and offering the divine liturgy to God after the partaking of the holy mysteries, they openly receive the chief men of the senate for a sol
of ceremonial garments inside the palace, and a banquet is held in the Gold Triclinium according to the form of the first day. And we must prepare for
chartoularioi of the sacristy of Hagia Sophia, 773 receiving the same blessing. And on New Sunday, the after-feast of Pascha, a procession in bright r
according to the capacity of the table. On the 20th of the month of July, the commemoration of the prophet Elijah is celebrated by a processional lita
of a banquet in the lower triclinium which is at the sea palaces, and the emperor presides with the patriarch with his own divetesion. And it is neces
as we said, the order of the summoners. Therefore, having clearly set these forth for a reminder of the things accomplished among us, we bring a reque
From this same amount, to the *protovestiarios*... according to the quantity of pounds, 1 pound, to the one of the *katastasis* κʹ and to the *ostiar
of this tactical ordinance as from a canon, or, to be more truthful, as from the imperial decree, to act without dispute. We ought to have attached th
of Helenopontus, the one of Euchaïta 29, of the province of the Cyclades Islands, the one of Carpathus 30, of the province of Rhodope, the one of Ae
metropolis of Marcian, has under it cities, that is, 5 bishops, the one of Rhodostolos, the one of Tramariscae, the one of Novae, the one of Zekedespa
of Saint Mokios αʹ, the church of Saint Pancharios αʹ. And in total through gold κθʹ, and through miliaresia εʹ, mil. βʹ. And in total the sum
of Pharos εʹ, the subdeacons of Hagia Sophia 6 miliaresia, the deans of the patriarch 4 miliaresia, the dipotatai 3 miliaresia, those of the spoude 8
And the patrician Niketas and the patrician John and the patrician who was over Jesdes and the patrician Dometios and the magister Eustathios wore togas, and the other officials wore mantles of pure silk, and some of the ex-prefects wore the *loroi* of the consular rank, and when they entered into the most holy great church they lit candles and all things were done according to custom, and it was worthy. CH. 29. How on the day of the hippodrome races Heraclius received the members of the senate, with the patriarch also being present. It is necessary to know that, on the fourth of the same month, there being hippodrome races, the emperor received in the Augustaion the customary persons, and when he was about to go up to the hippodrome, he again gave the order, and received all the officials, and when they entered into the Augustaion, they found standing both the emperor and the augusta, and standing in front of them Augustina and Anastasia their 630 daughters and augustas, with the patriarch also present, and on the right side stood the other children of the emperor, and on the left side stood the cubicularii, and they cried out, saying: "Good fortune to the state, good fortune to the state, good fortune to the state. Heraclius Augustus, may you conquer. Anastasia Martina Augusta, may you conquer. Constantine Augustus, may you conquer. Heraclius Augustus, may you conquer. Augustina Augusta, may you conquer. Anastasia Augusta, may you conquer. David Caesar, may you conquer. Martinus Nobilissimus, may you conquer." and then thus the emperor went up to the hippodrome. CH. 30. Concerning the funeral of a patriarch. It is necessary to know that on the 13th of the month of December, indiction 12, Sergius the patriarch of Constantinople passed away on a Sunday; and after the emperor received the officials according to custom, he sent them to the funeral of the said patriarch. And when the senators went to the most holy great church, they changed out of their white mantles, and put on colored ones, and thus they followed the funeral procession as far as the Holy Apostles. And the clergy of the church were asked if the same ceremony had occurred for other patriarchs as well; and they said that such a ceremony 631 had occurred for the funeral of the bishops Cyriacus and Thomas. For they too passed away on a Sunday. And when the liturgy had taken place, the dignitaries who wished to remain remained until the deposition of the relics, but the rest departed for home. CH. 31. How it is necessary for the emperor to offer votive offerings in the great church. It must be known that on the day of the Epiphany when the emperor Michael was offering to the church a golden chalice adorned with precious stones and pearls, a *spatharios* and goldsmith by order of the emperor Michael was carrying the chalice, and a *silentiarios* the paten, walking between the two magistri. And when the emperor came near the holy doors he took up the chalice, and entering the sanctuary he placed it on the holy table. And the patriarch, having taken the paten from the *silentiarios*, gave it to the emperor. And the emperor placed it on the holy table. CH. 32. Concerning the request for a reception of the two factions, when a festival is occurring. It is necessary to know that during the reign of the emperor Michael the two 632 factions after the return from the procession of the Epiphany went away to their own vestibules, requesting that the reception take place. CH. 33. Concerning the promotion of dignitaries on the anniversary day of the reign and of the crowning and of the birthday and of the investiture. It must be known that it is the custom for the emperors at the receptions for the reign and the birth, likewise also for their crowning and investiture, after the entrance from the Trikonchos into the Chrysotriklinos to put on the gold-bordered cloaks, and for the great emperor to sit on the stationary throne in the Chrysotriklinos. but if there are young emperors, they sit on stools on this side and that of the said throne. Then those of the cubiculum enter, as is their custom. And the emperor promotes great numbers of dignitaries from among both *mandatores*, *vestitores*, *hypatoi*, *kandidatoi*, *spatharioi* and *dishypatoi*, likewise *spatharokandidatoi* and *protospatharioi*, raising each rank and dignity. Then thus rising from the throne they sit down at their honorable table. CH. 34. Concerning the promotion of dignitaries on the anniversary day of a birth and other such occasions. It must be known that the reception for the birth of the emperor Michael 633 was performed in the secret vestibule of the Trikonchos according to the accustomed sequence of receptions. For when the factions had made the four requests, which they are accustomed to make out of habit, and of the
ἐφόρεσαν δὲ τόγας ὅ, τε πατρίκιος Νικήτας καὶ ὁ πατρίκιος Ἰωάννης καὶ ὁ πατρίκιος ὁ κατὰ Ἰέσδην καὶ ὁ πατρίκιος ∆ομέτιος καὶ
ὁ μάγιστρος Εὐστάθιος, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἄρχοντες ἐφόρεσαν χλανίδια ὁλοσήρικα, καί τινες δὲ τῶν ἀπὸ ὑπάρχων ἐφόρεσαν λώρους κατὰ
ὑπατίας, καὶ εἰσελθόντων αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ μεγάλῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἧψαν κηροὺς καὶ πάντα τὰ πρὸς συνήθειαν γεγόνασιν, καὶ ἐγένετο
ἄξια. ΚΕΦ. κθʹ. Ὅπως ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἱπποδρομίου ἐδέξατο Ἡράκλειος τοὺς τῆς συγκλήτου, παρόντος καὶ τοῦ πατριάρχου. Χρὴ εἰδέναι,
ὡς, τῇ τετάρτῃ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς ἱπποδρομίου ὄντος, ἐδέξατο ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῷ αὐγουστέᾳ τοὺς εἰωθότας, καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλειν ἀνέρχεσθαι
αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἱπποδρομίᾳ, πάλιν ἐκέλευσεν, καὶ ἐδέξατο πάντας τοὺς ἄρχοντας, καὶ εἰσελθόντων αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αὐγουστέᾳ, εὗρον ἱστάμενον
τόν τε βασιλέα καὶ τὴν αὐγούσταν, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἱσταμένας Αὐγουστίναν καὶ Ἀναστασίαν τὰς αὐτῶν 630 θυγατέρας καὶ αὐγούστας,
παρόντος καὶ τοῦ πατριάρχου, καὶ ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ μέρει ἵσταντο τὰ λοιπὰ τέκνα τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ εἰς τὸ ἀριστερὸν μέρος ἵσταντο
κουβικουλάριοι, καὶ ἔκραξαν λέγοντες· "εὐτυχῶς τῇ πολιτείᾳ, εὐτυχῶς τῇ πολιτείᾳ, εὐτυχῶς τῇ πολιτείᾳ. Ἡράκλειε αὔγουστε, τούμβικας.
Ἀναστασία Μαρτίνα αὐγούστα, τούμβικας. Κωνσταντῖνε αὔγουστε, τούμβικας. Ἡράκλειε αὔγουστε, τούμβικας. Αὐγουστίνα αὐγούστα
τούμβικας. Ἀναστασία αὐγούστα, τούμβικας. ∆αβὶδ καῖσαρ, τούμβικας. Μαρτῖνε νωβελήσιμε, τούμβικας." καὶ εἶθ' οὕτως ἀνῆλθεν
ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῷ ἱπποδρομίῳ. ΚΕΦ. λʹ. Περὶ κηδείας πατριάρχου. Χρὴ εἰδέναι, ὅτι τῇ ιγʹ τοῦ ∆εκεμβρίου μηνὸς, ἰνδ. ιβʹ, ἐτελειώθη
Σέργιος ὁ πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἡμέρᾳ κυριακῇ· καὶ μετὰ τὸ δέξασθαι τὸν βασιλέα τοὺς ἄρχοντας κατὰ τὸ εἰωθὸς, ἀπέστειλεν
αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν κηδείαν τοῦ αὐτοῦ πατριάρχου. καὶ δὴ ἀπελθόντων τῶν συγκλητικῶν ἐν τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ μεγάλῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἀπήλλαξαν τὰ
ἄσπρα χλανίδια, καὶ περιεβάλλοντο τὰ χροακὰ, καὶ οὕτως ἠκολούθησαν τῷ ἐξοδίῳ μέχρι τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων. ἠρωτήθησαν δὲ οἱ τοῦ
κλήρου τῆς ἐκκλησίας, εἰ καὶ εἰς ἑτέρους πατριάρχας ἐγένετο ἡ αὐτὴ τάξις· καὶ εἶπον, γενέσθαι τὴν τοιαύτην τά 631 ξιν εἰς
τὴν κηδείαν τῶν ἐπισκόπων Κυριακοῦ καὶ Θωμᾶ. καὶ αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἐν κυριακῇ ἐτελειώθησαν. καὶ δὴ τῆς λειτουργίας γενομένης, οἱ θελήσαντες
μεῖναι ἀξιωματικοὶ ἔμειναν μέχρι τῆς καταθέσεως τοῦ λειψάνου, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἀνεχώρησαν οἴκαδε. ΚΕΦ. λαʹ. Πῶς δεῖ προσφέρειν
τὸν βασιλέα ἐν μεγάλῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναθήματα. Ἰστέον, ὅτι τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν φώτων τοῦ βασιλέως Μιχαὴλ προσφέροντος τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ποτήριον
χρυσοῦν ἐκ λίθων τιμίων καὶ μαργάρων ἠμφιεσμένον, τὸ μὲν ποτήριον προστάξει τοῦ βασιλέως Μιχαὴλ σπαθάριος καὶ χρυσοεψητὴς
ἐβάσταζε, τὸ δὲ ποτηροκάλυμμα σιλεντιάριος, περιπατοῦντες ἀναμεταξὺ τῶν δύο μαγίστρων. καὶ τῶν ἁγίων θυρῶν πλησίον γενόμενος
ὁ βασιλεὺς ἦρεν τὸ ποτήριον, καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὸ θυσιαστήριον τέθεικεν αὐτὸ εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν τράπεζαν. ὁ δὲ πατριάρχης λαβὼν
τὸ ποτηροκάλυμμα ἀπὸ τοῦ σιλεντιαρίου ἐπέδωκεν αὐτὸ τῷ βασιλεῖ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἐπέθηκεν αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ τραπέζῃ. ΚΕΦ. λβʹ.
Περὶ αἰτήσεως δεξίμου τῶν δύο μερῶν, ἑορτῆς παρούσης. Χρὴ εἰδέναι, ὅτι ἐπὶ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ βασιλέως τὰ δύο 632 μέρη μετὰ τὴν ὑποστροφὴν
τῆς προελεύσεως τῶν φώτων ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰς ἰδίας φιάλας, αἰτούμενοι γενέσθαι τὸ δέξιμον. ΚΕΦ. λγʹ. Περὶ προαγωγῆς ἀξιωμάτων
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐτησίῳ αὐτοκρατωρίας καὶ στεψίμου καὶ γενεθλίου καὶ στεφανώματος. Ἰστέον, ὅτι εἴθισται τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἐν τοῖς δεξίμοις
τῆς αὐτοκρατορίας καὶ τῆς γεννήσεως, ὁμοίως καὶ τοῦ στεψίμου καὶ στεφανώματος αὐτῶν, μετὰ τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ τρικόγχου ἐν τῷ χρυσοτρικλίνῳ
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