Manuel Chrysoloras

Manuel Chrysoloras was a philosopher, translator, writer, philologist, university teacher and hellenist (1350–1415). He was born at Constantinople and died at Constance.

Also recorded as Chrysoloras.

Manuel Chrysoloras in brief

Born
1350
Died
1415
Known for
philosopher, translator, writer, philologist, university teacher and hellenist
Place of birth
Constantinople
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Formation and teaching

He trained under Demetrios Kydones.

As a teacher, Manuel Chrysoloras is recorded in connection with Coluccio Salutati, Palla Strozzi, Leonardo Bruni, Ambrose Traversari, Guarino da Verona and Francesco Barbaro. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Catalogued works

18 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1484 to 2001.

Erotemata. Erōtēmata. Emanvelis Chrysolorae bysantini, viri doctiss. Engcheridion grammatikēs eisagōgēs ek diaphorōn sungrapheōn syllēphthen. Erotemata parva Emanvelis Chrysolorae byzantini uiri praestantissimi, parua quidem, sed literarum studiosis longe utilissima. Vergelijking tussen het oude en het nieuwe Rome. Erōtēmata Chrysolōra. Erotemata Guarini ex Chrysoloræ libello maiusculo cum interpretatione latina. Gnomologīk, ili, Sobrannyi͡a iz raznykh tvort͡sov mni͡enīi͡a Khrv̇solorovy, po alfavitu. Roma parte del cielo. Emanuelis Chrysolorae Byzantini, oratoris eximij, integrae Grammatices, epitoma quidem, sed undecunq[ue] absolutissima, institutio. Erōtēmata tou Chrysolōra. Erotemata Chrysolorae. Roma parte dal cielo, dated 2000. Le due Rome, dated 2001. Erōtēmata to Chrysolōra Peri anōmalōn rematōn. Manouēl Chrysolōra. Erotemata [in greco e latino], dated 1484, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Manuel Chrysoloras, SpringerReference. Chrysoloras, Manuel, Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, 2011. Manuel Chrysoloras, Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, 2011. Manuel Chrysoloras, Oxford Bibliographies in Renaissance and Reformation, 2019. Zur Synkrisis des Manuel Chrysoloras, einem Vergleich zwischen Rom und Konstantinopel, 1980, 1980. The Return of Chrysoloras: Humanism in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Middle Eastern Contexts, Religions, 2024. Byzantium and the West on the Way to the Council of Constance, Античная древность и средние века, 2021. Manuel Chrysoloras and the Early Italian Renaissance, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2003. Manuel Chrysoloras’ Περὶ τοῦ Βασιλέως λόγου: Genre, Aims, Content, and Sources, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2016. Byzantine Riddle of the Council of Constance: The Problem of the Motives of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, Античная древность и средние века, 2023. Manuēl Khrysolōras’ın Roma ve Konstantinopolis Karşılaştırması: Eski ve Yeni Roma Methiyesi İçeren Rönesans Dönemine Ait Mektup Hakkında Giriş ve Tercüme, Ortaçağ Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2025.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (100952828). Those registers additionally record the forms Manuēl, ho Chrysolōras, Emmanuel, Chrysoloras, Crisoloras, Manuel, Chrysoloras, Emanuel, Crisolora, Manuele, Emanuel, Chrysoloras, Chrysoloras, Emand and Crisolora, Emanuele.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 31 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1350Manuel Chrysoloras born at Constantinople.
  2. 1415Manuel Chrysoloras died at Constance.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Manuel Chrysoloras”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q434356: Manuel Chrysoloras

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