Crónica de la familia Meliseno (Berol. Phill. 1456)

This paper offers an edition of ms. Phillipps 1456 from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, which contains a Chronicle of the Melissenus family. The introduction reviews the history of the codex, from its entry into the library of the Jesuit College of Clermont until its arrival in 1887 at the Königliche Bibliothek of Berlin, after the death of its last owner, Sir Thomas Phillipps. The hypotheses formulated about its authorship are reviewed (Gennadius Scholarius, mentioned in the text as the author; the Byzantine chronicler Theonas; Constantinus Simonidis; and Nicephorus Melissurgus) and the text is placed in relation with other forgeries by Macarius, Metropolitan of Monemvasia. A brief analysis of the general lines of its content is also made.

The author invents a lineage for the Melissenus family that descends from the city of Miletus and highlights two names, Thrasybulus of Miletus and Eugenius Melissenus, the latter already with the conversion of the gentilic Milísios into the patronymic Melissinós. Finally, a genealogical tree of the Melissenus lineage is given according to the data included in the text. [Publisher's text]