Constantine Manasses, On Ceremonies of the Byzantine Court

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 are to be guarded, observed, and practiced unalterably and to remain firm, just as our pious and God-inspired majesty has set forth, as they were also justly set forth from ancient times by those who piously reigned before us. As many dignities as are granted to these by imperial word. And the dignities granted to these by word are nine in number: the parakoimomenos of the despot, the protovestiarios of the despot, the epi tes trapezes of the despot, the epi tes trapezes of the augusta, the papias of the Great Palace, the secundus of the Great Palace, the epinkernes of the despot, the pinkernes of the augusta, the papias of the Mannaura, the papias of the Daphne; but also all the others, as many as are granted to the bearded ones, except for the dignity of the eparch and quaestor and domestikoi. 726 Volume 2. Having therefore hastened to present all these dignities given by deed and by word with a clear and precise account, we did not judge it right, O friends, to stop the account at this point, but also, what is especially to be sought by you, to take up the precision concerning the seating arrangements and to bring the subject to its conclusion, just as you requested. For again, as if by way of recapitulation, using all that has been said, we were moved to regulate for you more clearly the rank and call and proper seat of each. For it is necessary for the one calling, the atriklines, to know all these things precisely, as we said, and to make the arrangement of the sacred imperial invitations twofold for the sake of order, and on the one hand to utter with his voice the call of each one's proper dignity, and on the other hand with his right hand by means of a gesture to indicate the place fitting for each, and to urge the first-called friend toward the left side, so that the presentation of the imperial dignity may be easy for the first-called friend, and to summon the second after him to the right side, and to say: "The Patriarch of Constantinople, the Caesar, the Nobilissimus, the Kouropalates, the Basileopator, the Zoste Patrikia." But it is necessary to know that these six 727 dignities alone feast with the emperors at the separate table, while all the rest belong to the second rank, such as the magistros, the magistros. And if one of these is honored with an office, he takes precedence over his colleague, even if he happens to be last. Then, the rektor, the synkellos of Rome, the synkellos of Constantinople. And if there happen to be synkelloi of the patriarchs of the East, they take precedence over these according to their own patriarchates, and then the archbishop of Bulgaria, patrician eunuchs. And the one of them who is in office takes precedence over the other. The anthypatos patrikios and strategos of the Anatolics; the anthypatos patrikios and domestikos of the Schools; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of the Armeniacs; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of the Thrakesians; the anthypatos patrikios and komes of the Opsikion; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of the Boukellarioi; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Cappadocia; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Charsianon; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Koloneia; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Paphlagonia; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Thrace; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Macedonia; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Chaldia; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos and domestikos 728 of the Exkoubitores; the anthypatos patrikios and eparch of the City; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of the Peloponnese; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Nikopolis; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of the Kibyrrhaiotai; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Hellas; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Sicily; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Strymon; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Kephalenia; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Thessalonike; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Dyrrhachion; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Samos; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of the Aegean Sea; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Dalmatia; the anthypatos patrikios and strategos of Cherson; the anthypatos patrikios and sakellarios; the anthypatos patrikios and genikos logothetes; the anthypatos patrikios and quaestor; the anthypatos patrikios and logothetes of the military; the anthypatos patrikios and droungarios of the Vigla; the anthypatos patrikios and droungarios of the Fleet; the anthypatos patrikios and logothetes of the Dromos; the anthypatos

αὐτοὺς παρὰ τοῦ βαρβάρου μαϊουμᾶν εἰς τὰ πρόκενσα. λαμβάνειν δὲ καὶ ξύλον τὸν παπίαν τῇ ἑβδομάδι πίσσαν μίαν, καὶ τὸν δεύτερον πίσσαν μίαν. ταῦτα δὲ πάντα φυλάττεσθαι, τηρεῖσθαί τε καὶ πράττεσθαι ἀπαρασάλευτα καὶ διαμένειν βέβαια, καθὼς ἡ εὐσεβὴς καὶ ἔνθεος βασιλεία ἡμῶν ἐξέθετο, ὣς καὶ ἐξ ἀρχαίων τῶν χρόνων παρὰ τῶν πρὸ ἡμῶν εὐσεβῶς βασιλευσάντων δικαίως ἐξετέθη. Ὅσαι διὰ βασιλικοῦ λόγου προσγίνονται τούτοις ἀξίαι. Αἱ δὲ λόγῳ προσγινόμεναι τούτοις ἀξίαι εἰσὶ καὶ αὗται τὸν ἀριθμὸν κυρίως θʹ· ὁ παρακοιμώμενος τοῦ δεσπότου, ὁ πρωτοβεστιάριος τοῦ δεσπότου, ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ δεσπότου, ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης τῆς αὐγούστης, ὁ παπίας τοῦ μεγάλου παλατίου, ὁ δεύτερος τοῦ μεγάλου παλατίου, ὁ ἐπιγκέρνης τοῦ δεσπότου, ὁ πιγκέρνης τῆς αὐγούστης, ὁ παπίας τῆς μανναύρας, ὁ παπίας τῆς ∆άφνης· ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ αἱ ἄλλαι πᾶσαι, ὅσαι καὶ τοῖς βαρβάτοις προσγίνονται, πλὴν τῆς τοῦ ἐπάρχου καὶ κυέστωρος καὶ δομεστίκων ἀξίας. 726 Τόμος βʹ. Ταύτας οὖν ἁπάσας τὰς ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ διδομένας ἀξίας σαφεῖ καὶ ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ παραστῆσαι σπουδάσαντες, οὐ δίκαιον ἐκρίναμεν, ὦ φίλοι, μέχρι τούτων καταπαῦσαι τὸν λόγον, ἀλλὰ καὶ, ὃ μάλιστα ὑμῖν ζητητέον, τῆς περὶ τῶν καθεδρῶν ἀκριβείας καθάψασθαι καὶ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν εἰς πέρας ἀγάγαι, καθὰ ἐξῃτήσασθε. καὶ γὰρ πάλιν ὡς ἐπ' ἀναλήψει ταῖς λεχθείσαις ἁπάσαις χρησάμενοι τὴν ἑκάστης τάξιν καὶ κλῆσιν καὶ οἰκείαν καθέδραν σαφέστερον ὑμῖν κανονῆσαι ἐπήχθημεν. δεῖ γὰρ τὸν καλέοντα ἀρτικλίνην ταύτας μὲν ἁπάσας ἀκριβῶς εἰδέναι, ὡς ἔφαμεν, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἱερῶν βασιλικῶν κλητωρίων κατάστασιν διττῶς ποιεῖσθαι εἰς κόσμησιν, καὶ τῷ μὲν λόγῳ τὴν κλῆσιν τῆς ἑκάστου ἀξίας οἰκείας ἐκφέρειν, τῇ δὲ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ διὰ τοῦ σχήματος προσδεικνύειν τὸν ἑκάστῃ ἁρμόζοντα τόπον, καὶ τὸν μὲν πρωτόκλητον φίλον πρὸς τὸ εὐώνυμον προτρέπεσθαι μέρος, ὅπως ἡ τῆς βασιλικῆς ἀξίας ἐπίδοσις εὐχερὴς τῷ πρωτοκλήτῳ γένηται φίλῳ, τὸν δὲ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ δεύτερον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς προσκαλεῖσθαι, καὶ λέγειν· "ὁ πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, ὁ καῖσαρ, ὁ νωβελήσιμος, ὁ κουροπαλάτης, ὁ βασιλεοπάτωρ, ἡ ζωστὴ πατρικία." εἰδέναι δὲ δεῖ, ὅτι αἱ ἓξ αὗται μόναι 727 ἀξίαι ἐν τῇ ἀποκοπτῇ τραπέζῃ συνεστιῶνται τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν, αἱ δὲ λοιπαὶ πᾶσαι τῆς δευτέρας ὑπάρχουσι τάξεως, οἷον ὁ μάγιστρος, ὁ μάγιστρος. εἰ δέ τις τούτων ὀφφίκιον τετίμηται, προκρίνεται τοῦ ἑταίρου, κἂν τάχα ἔσχατος ᾖ. εἶτα, ὁ ῥαίκτωρ, ὁ σύγκελλος Ῥώμης, ὁ σύγκελλος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. εἰ δὲ καὶ τῶν τῆς Ἀνατολῆς πατριαρχῶν τύχοιεν σύγκελλοι, προκρίνονται τούτων κατὰ τὰ ἴδια αὐτῶν πατριαρχία, εἶθ' οὕτως ὁ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Βουλγαρίας, πατρίκιοι εὐνοῦχοι. ὁ δὲ ὢν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφφικίῳ προκρίνεται τοῦ ἑτέρου. ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῶν Ἀρμενιάκων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῶν Θρᾳκησίων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ κόμης τοῦ ὀψικίου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῶν βουκελλαρίων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Καππαδοκίας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Κολωνείας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Παφλαγωνίας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῆς Θρᾴκης· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Μακεδονίας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Χαλδίας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς καὶ δομέστικος 728 τῶν ἐξσκουβιτόρων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ ἔπαρχος τῆς πόλεως· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Πελοποννήσου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Νικοπόλεως· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῶν Κιβυῤῥαιωτῶν· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Ἑλλάδος· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Σικελλίας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Στρυμῶνος· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Κεφαληνίας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Θεσσαλονίκης· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ∆υῤῥαχίου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῆς Σάμου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς τοῦ Αἰγαίου πελάγους· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς ∆αλματίας· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ στρατηγὸς Χερσῶνος· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ σακελλάριος· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ γενικὸς λογοθέτης· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ κυέστωρ· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ λογοθέτης τοῦ στρατιωτικοῦ· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δρουγγάριος τῆς βίγλης· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δρουγγάριος τῶν πλοΐμων· ὃ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ λογοθέτης τοῦ δρόμου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος