[Footnote 10: From the silence of James of Sarug, (Asseman.
Bibliot. Orient. p. 289, 318,) and the testimony of
Evagrius, (Hist. Eccles. l. iv. c. 27,) I conclude that this
fable was invented between the years 521 and 594, most
probably after the siege of Edessa in 540, (Asseman. tom. i.
p. 416. Procopius, de Bell. Persic. l. ii.) It is the sword
and buckler of, Gregory II., (in Epist. i. ad. Leon. Isaur.
Concil. tom. viii. p. 656, 657,) of John Damascenus, (Opera,
tom. i. p. 281, edit. Lequien,) and of the second Nicene
Council, (Actio v. p. 1030.) The most perfect edition may be
found in Cedrenus, (Compend. p. 175 - 178.)]