patrician and logothete of the herds; the proconsul patrician and domestic of the Hikanatoi; the proconsul patrician and domestic of the Noumeroi; the proconsul patrician and domestic of the Optimatoi; the proconsul patrician and count of the walls; the proconsul patrician and 729 chartoularios of the sakellion; the proconsul patrician and chartoularios of the vestiarion; the proconsul patrician and chartoularios of the kanikleion; the proconsul patrician and protostrator; the proconsul patrician and protoasekretis; the proconsul patrician and count of the stable; the proconsul patrician and ek prosopou of the themes; the proconsul patrician and epi tou eidikou; the proconsul patrician and megas curator; the proconsul patrician and curator of the Mangana; the proconsul patrician and epi ton deeseon; the proconsul patrician and orphanotrophos; the proconsul patrician and demarch of the Blues; the proconsul patrician and demarch of the Greens. But if not all those assigned to the offices were proconsuls, but in the rank of patricians alone they received the generalships or the domesticates or the offices, the simple proconsuls are preferred in seating to the patricians assigned to the offices, that is, each of them being preferred in rank according to the conferral of his codicil, except for the strategos of the Anatolics and the domestic of the Scholae; for these alone, even if they are not proconsuls, in the seating of the proconsuls surpass all. But if any of them, whether from the proconsuls, or from the simple patricians, were either promoted to generalships, or to any other 730 dignity conferred by imperial edict, each of them enjoys seating according to the proper prestige of the office. And not according to the order of rank of the conferral of the codicil, even if perchance the last in rank should happen to be preferred to the first in whatever office is conferred by imperial edict. But if they should happen to be civilian patricians without offices, they are subordinate to the patricians who hold offices. And if anyone from the said offices is succeeded, he will revert in the summons according to the first rank of the order of his codicil. And all are summoned thus. Volume 3. Of the general seating of the different dignities. The magistros; the rhaiktor; the synkellos; the patrician and praipositos; the patrician eunuchs; the proconsul patricians and strategoi according to their generalships or their offices; simple proconsul patricians according to their codicils; patrician strategoi according to their generalships or their offices; the praipositos who is not a patrician; (and if he has also been honored with an office, he is preferred to the other;) the protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolics; the protospatharios and domestic of the Scholae; the protospatharioi strategoi of the Anatolic themes according to their 731 generalships; the protospatharios and domestic of the Exkoubitoi; the protospatharios and eparch of the city; the protospatharioi and strategoi of the themes of the west according to their generalships; the metropolitans; the archbishops according to their thrones; the protospatharios and sakellarios; the bishops who hold [sees]; eunuch primikerioi of the kouboukleion; (and if they are also protospatharioi, they are preferred to the simple primikerioi; and if they also received offices, then they are thus preferred to the rest;) the protospatharios and logothete of the genikon; the ostiarioi of the kouboukleion; (and if they should also hold offices, they are preferred to their peers;) the quaestor even if not a protospatharios; the protospatharios and logothete of the stratiotikon; the protospatharios and droungarios of the Vigla; the oikonomos of the Great Church, as he is now honored; the protospatharios and logothete of the dromos; the protospatharios and droungarios of the fleet; the protospatharios and logothete of the herds; the protospatharios and epi ton basilikon; the protospatharios and domestic of the Hikanatoi; the protospatharios and domestic of the Noumeroi; the protospatharios and domestic of the Optimatoi; the protospatharios and count of the walls; the protospatharios and chartoularios of the sakellion; the protospatharios and chartoularios of the vestiarion; the protospatharios and chartoularios of the kanikleion; the protospatharios and protostrator; the protospatharios 732 and protoasekretis; the protospatharioi ek prosopou of the themes according to the proper theme of each; the protospatharios and count of the stable; the protospatharios and epi tou eidikou logou; the protospatharios and megas curator; the protospatharios and curator of the Mangana; the

πατρίκιος καὶ λογοθέτης τῶν ἀγελῶν· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν ἱκανάτων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν νουμέρων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν ὀπτημάτων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ κόμης τῶν τειχέων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ 729 χαρτουλάριος τοῦ σακελλίου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ χαρτουλάριος τοῦ βεστιαρίου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ χαρτουλάριος τοῦ κανικλείου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ πρωτοστράτωρ· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ πρωτοασηκρήτης· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ κόμης τοῦ στάβλου· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τῶν θεμάτων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ εἰδικοῦ· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ μέγας κουράτωρ· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ κουράτωρ τῶν μαγγάνων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δεήσεων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ ὀρφανοτρόφος· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δήμαρχος Βενέτων· ὁ ἀνθύπατος πατρίκιος καὶ δήμαρχος Πρασίνων. εἰ δὲ μὴ εἶεν πάντες ἀνθύπατοι οἱ ἐν τοῖς ὀφφικίοις τεταγμένοι, ἀλλ' ἐν μόνῃ τῇ τῶν πατρικίων ἀξίᾳ τὰ στρατηγάτα ἢ τὰ δομεστικάτα ἢ τὰ ὀφφίκια προσελάβοντο, οἱ μὲν λιτοὶ ἀνθύπατοι τῶν ἐν τοῖς ὀφφικίοις τεταγμένων πατρικίων ἐν ταῖς καθέδραις προκρίνονται, δηλονότι ἕκαστος αὐτῶν κατὰ τὴν ἐπίδοσιν τοῦ κωδικέλλου αὐτοῦ τῷ βαθμῷ προτιμώμενος, πλὴν τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν καὶ τοῦ δομεστίκου τῶν σχολῶν· οὗτοι γὰρ μόνοι, καὶ μὴ ὄντες ἀνθύπατοι, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ τῶν ἀνθυπάτων ὑπερέχουσιν ἅπαντας. εἰ δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν, εἴτε ἐκ τῶν ἀνθυπάτων, εἴτε ἐκ τῶν λιτῶν πατρικίων, ἢ εἰς στρατηγάτα ἀνήχθησαν, εἴτε ἐν ἄλλῳ τῳ διὰ λόγου προσγι 730 νομένῳ ἀξιώματι, ἕκαστος αὐτῶν κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὀφφικίου οἰκείαν δόξαν καὶ τῆς καθέδρας ἀπολαύει. οὐ μὴν δὲ κατὰ τὴν τάξιν τοῦ βαθμοῦ τῆς ἐπιδόσεως τοῦ κωδικέλλου κἂν τάχα τύχῃ ὁ ἔσχατος τῷ βαθμῷ προκριθῆναι τοῦ πρώτου ἐν οἱῳδήποτε ὀφφικίῳ τῷ διὰ λόγου προσγινομένῳ. εἰ δὲ καὶ παγανοὶ τύχοιεν χωρὶς ὀφφικίων πατρίκιοι, ὑποπίπτουσι τοῖς τὰ ὀφφίκια ἔχουσι πατρικίοις. εἰ δέ τις ἐκ τῶν λεχθέντων ὀφφικίων διαδεχθῇ, κατὰ τὸν πρῶτον βαθμὸν τῆς τάξεως τοῦ κωδικέλλου αὐτοῦ ἀναστραφήσεται ἐν τῇ κλήσει. κλητωρεύονται δὲ ἅπαντες οὕτως. Τόμος γʹ. Τῆς τῶν διαφόρων ἀξιωμάτων καθολικῆς καθέδρας. Ὁ μάγιστρος· ὁ ῥαίκτωρ· ὁ σύγκελλος· ὁ πατρίκιος καὶ πραιπόσιτος· οἱ πατρίκιοι οἱ εὐνοῦχοι· οἱ ἀνθύπατοι πατρίκιοι καὶ στρατηγοὶ κατὰ τὰ στρατηγάτα ἢ τὰ ὀφφίκια αὐτῶν· ἀνθύπατοι πατρίκιοι λιτοὶ κατὰ τοὺς κωδικέλλους αὐτῶν· πατρίκιοι στρατηγοὶ κατὰ τὰ στρατηγάτα αὐτῶν ἢ τὰ ὀφφίκια αὐτῶν· ὁ πραιπόσιτος μὴ ὢν πατρίκιος· (εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐν ὀφφικίῳ τετίμηται, προκρίνεται τοῦ ἑτέρου·) ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν· οἱ πρωτοσπαθάριοι στρατηγοὶ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν θεμάτων κατὰ τὰς στρατηγίας 731 αὐτῶν· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν ἐξκουβιτόρων· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ ἔπαρχος τῆς πόλεως· οἱ πρωτοσπαθάριοι καὶ στρατηγοὶ τῶν θεμάτων τῆς δύσεως κατὰ τὰ στρατηγάτα αὐτῶν· οἱ μητροπολῖται· οἱ ἀρχιεπίσκοποι κατὰ τοὺς θρόνους αὐτῶν· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ σακελλάριος· οἱ ἐπίσκοποι οἱ ἐπεχόμενοι· πριμικήριοι εὐνοῦχοι τοῦ κουβουκλείου· (εἰ δὲ καὶ πρωτοσπαθάριοί εἰσιν, προκρίνονται τῶν λιτῶν πριμικηρίων· εἰ δὲ καὶ ὀφφίκια προσελάβοντο, καὶ εἶθ' οὕτως προκρίνονται τῶν λοιπῶν·) ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ λογοθέτης τοῦ γενικοῦ· οἱ ὀστιάριοι τοῦ κουβουκλείου· (εἰ δὲ καὶ ὀφφίκια ἔχοιεν, προκρίνονται τῶν ὁμοτίμων·) ὁ κυέστωρ καὶ μὴ ὢν πρωτοσπαθάριος· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ λογοθέτης τοῦ στρατιωτικοῦ· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ δρουγγάριος τῆς βίγλης· ὁ οἰκονόμος τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας, καθὰ τὰ νῦν ἐτιμήθη· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ λογοθέτης τοῦ δρόμου· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ δρουγγάριος τῶν πλοΐμων· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ λογοθέτης τῶν ἀγελῶν· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βασιλικῶν· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν ἱκανάτων· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν νουμέρων· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ δομέστικος τῶν ὀπτημάτων· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ κόμης τῶν τειχέων· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ χαρτουλάριος τοῦ σακελλίου· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ χαρτουλάριος τοῦ βεστιαρίου· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ χαρτουλάριος τοῦ κανικλείου· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ πρωτοστράτωρ· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος 732 καὶ πρωτοασηκρήτης· οἱ πρωτοσπαθάριοι ἐκ προσώπου τῶν θεμάτων κατὰ τὸ ἴδιον ἑκάστου θέμα· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ κόμης τοῦ στάβλου· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ εἰδικοῦ λόγου· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ μέγας κουράτωρ· ὁ πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ κουράτωρ τῶν μαγγάνων· ὁ