Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai

The Parastaseis syntomai chronikai is a compilation from a set of separate entries by different authors (Av. Cameron - Herrin 1984; Anderson 2011). According to Cameron - Herrin (1984: 11-13), the work was created under the emperors Philippicus (711-713) and Leo III (717-741). In Speck's view, the original text of the Parastaseis was a compilation consisting of a number of disparate notes. He dates the Parastaseis between the eighth and the ninth century (Speck 1988: 3-17). Odorico argues that the Parastaseis never existed in the unitary form in which they were first published by Preger. Contrary to the traditional view, Odorico supports that the Parastaseis are composed from two or more separate texts put together in a codex only in the late ninth or early tenth century. The first part (ch. 1-26) bears the title Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai, but its original structure and dating is uncertain. The second part (ch. 27-89) is an anthology comprising excerpts from other collections on statuary, one of which was a collection by a certain Theodore Lector. The term 'parastaseis' (only found in the Parisinus gr. 1336) could refer to the exposition of material rather than to the presentation of monuments (Odorico 2011).