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190:), Chortasmenos wrote, "Thy soul, Diophantus, be with Satan because of the difficulty of your other theorems and particularly of the present theorem." In 2013, Italian Philologist and historian of Mathematics Fabio Acerbi showed that Chortasmenos wasn't cursing Diophantus because of the same passage next to which Fermat wrote his theorem (II.8), but because of the far more difficult II.7. 253:
Janick, Jules, and John Stolarczyk. "Ancient Greek illustrated Dioscoridean herbals: origins and impact of the Juliana Anicia Codex and the Codex Neopolitanus." Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 40.1 (2012):
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among his pupils. He was the author of philological, historical and philosophical works, as well as at least 56 surviving letters to various literati and to Emperor
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Johannes Chortasmenos (ca. 1370-ca. 1436/37). Briefe, Gedichte und Kleine Schriften. Einleitung, Regesten, Prosopographie, Text
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It has been suggested that he wrote a historical work, now lost, covering the period between the end of the history of Emperor
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At least 24 surviving manuscripts are known to have belonged to Chortasmenos' library. Among the more notable is the
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and the early 15th century, when the historians who wrote after the
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Margins and Metropolis: Authority across the Byzantine Empire
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chancery in 1391. He continued to occupy this position until
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Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, 04678 (11th cen.)
309:"Why did Chortasmenos sent Diphantus to the Devil?" 57:Chortasmenos is first attested as a notary of the 366: 143:attributed to him an anonymous account of the 68:. At some point he became a monk, with the 356:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 367: 341: 306: 275: 219: 76:of Selymbria, a post he held by 1431. 72:Ignatios. Eventually he was raised to 247: 215: 213: 211: 209: 207: 205: 203: 182:in 1406. Beside the same problem in 13: 335: 313:Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 230:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 200: 14: 461: 400:15th-century Byzantine scientists 269: 223:(1991). "Chortasmenos, John". In 405:15th-century Byzantine writers 390:15th-century Byzantine bishops 385:14th-century Byzantine bishops 300: 257: 1: 327:– via library.duke.edu. 276:Herrin, Judith (2013-03-18). 193: 62: 31: 450:14th-century Byzantine monks 445:15th-century Greek educators 440:14th-century Greek educators 395:15th-century Byzantine monks 7: 410:15th-century mathematicians 154:, but this was rejected by 10: 466: 435:15th-century Greek writers 430:14th-century Greek writers 284:Princeton University Press 161: 139:started their works with. 45:, who was a distinguished 37:– before June 1439) was a 16:Byzantine monk and erudite 27: 415:Byzantine letter writers 342:Hunger, Herbert (1969). 114:Helena of Constantinople 79: 52: 49:, writer, and teacher. 307:Acerbi, Fabio (2013). 137:Fall of Constantinople 188:Fermat's Last Theorem 133:John VI Kantakouzenos 110:Constantine the Great 102:Manuel II Palaiologos 420:Metropolitan bishops 168:Juliana Anicia Codex 128:, as well as poems. 98:Gennadius Scholarius 178:added in Byzantine 74:metropolitan bishop 43:bishop of Selymbria 28:Ἰωάννης Χορτασμένος 225:Kazhdan, Alexander 221:Talbot, Alice-Mary 116:, commentaries on 118:John Chrysostomos 20:John Chortasmenos 457: 361: 355: 347: 329: 328: 304: 298: 297: 273: 267: 261: 255: 251: 245: 244: 217: 124:, a treatise on 67: 64: 36: 33: 29: 465: 464: 460: 459: 458: 456: 455: 454: 365: 364: 349: 348: 338: 336:Further reading 333: 332: 305: 301: 294: 286:. p. 322. 274: 270: 262: 258: 252: 248: 241: 218: 201: 196: 180:Greek minuscule 164: 90:Mark of Ephesus 82: 65: 55: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 463: 453: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 397: 392: 387: 382: 377: 363: 362: 337: 334: 331: 330: 299: 293:978-1400845224 292: 268: 256: 246: 239: 198: 197: 195: 192: 163: 160: 149:Constantinople 141:Herbert Hunger 81: 78: 54: 51: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 462: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 376: 373: 372: 370: 359: 353: 345: 340: 339: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 303: 295: 289: 285: 281: 280: 272: 265: 260: 250: 242: 240:0-19-504652-8 236: 232: 231: 226: 222: 216: 214: 212: 210: 208: 206: 204: 199: 191: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 159: 157: 153: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 129: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 104:. He wrote a 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 77: 75: 71: 70:monastic name 60: 50: 48: 44: 40: 25: 21: 425:Bibliophiles 343: 316: 312: 302: 278: 271: 259: 249: 228: 165: 156:Paul Gautier 152:in 1394–1402 130: 83: 56: 19: 18: 380:1437 deaths 375:1370 births 319:: 379–389. 172:Dioscurides 126:hyphenation 106:hagiography 86:bibliophile 66: 1415 59:patriarchal 47:bibliophile 35: 1370 369:Categories 194:References 184:Diophantus 84:An ardent 352:cite book 325:0017-3916 147:siege of 122:Aristotle 94:Bessarion 41:monk and 39:Byzantine 266:, f. 74. 227:(ed.). 176:scholia 162:Library 145:Ottoman 323:  290:  237:  24:Greek 358:link 321:ISSN 288:ISBN 235:ISBN 120:and 112:and 96:and 80:Work 53:Life 254:09. 170:of 108:of 371:: 354:}} 350:{{ 317:53 315:. 311:. 282:. 202:^ 158:. 92:, 63:c. 32:c. 30:; 26:: 360:) 296:. 243:. 22:(

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Greek
Byzantine
bishop of Selymbria
bibliophile
patriarchal
monastic name
metropolitan bishop
bibliophile
Mark of Ephesus
Bessarion
Gennadius Scholarius
Manuel II Palaiologos
hagiography
Constantine the Great
Helena of Constantinople
John Chrysostomos
Aristotle
hyphenation
John VI Kantakouzenos
Fall of Constantinople
Herbert Hunger
Ottoman
Constantinople
in 1394–1402
Paul Gautier
Juliana Anicia Codex
Dioscurides
scholia
Greek minuscule
Diophantus

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