Syntagma Canonum

The Syntagma kata stoicheion (Greek Σύνταγμα κατὰ στοιχεῖον = alphabetical compilation ) is a late Byzantine law book.

Description

The Syntagma kata is included in the 24 letters ( στοιχεῖα ) of the Greek alphabet is divided Handbook of Byzantine ecclesiastical and secular law, the 5 was completed in 1334 / by the resident in Thessaloniki Hieromonachos Maththaios Blastares stoicheion. The focus of the work is on the canon law, which is by paraphrases of Canons of the Synods and the Fathers (including their commentaries by Theodoros Balsamon ) represented fairly complete; under the heading " ( secular ) laws" ( " νόμοι [ πολιτικοί ]") but are often also represented sources of secular law. A particularly long chapter ( M 15 ) is devoted to the monasteries and monks. The work was - probably by the author himself - provided with multiple attachments, especially canons of the Patriarch Nicephorus I, an extract from the erroneously the patriarch Ioannes IV Nesteutes ascribed " Kanonikon " Erotapokriseis (questions and answers ) of Nicetas of Heraclea and the Ioannes of Kitros, versified lists of court offices of the Imperial Palace and the Great Church of Constantinople Opel and a lexicon of Latin legal terms. The Syntagma kata is stoicheion the most traditional ( in more than 200 manuscripts ) compilation of Byzantine law, several times in other languages, including was translated by Stefan Uroš IV at the time of Dušan into Serbian and about 1498 by Kunalis Kritopulos into modern Greek.