[Footnote 10: For the viith and viiith century, we have
scarcely any original evidence of the Byzantine historians,
except the chronicles of Theophanes (Theophanis Confessoris
Chronographia, Gr. et Lat. cum notis Jacobi Goar. Paris,
1665, in folio) and the Abridgment of Nicephorus, (Nicephori
Patriarchae C. P. Breviarium Historicum, Gr. et Lat. Paris,
1648, in folio,) who both lived in the beginning of the ixth
century, (see Hanckius de Scriptor. Byzant. p. 200 - 246.)
Their contemporary, Photius, does not seem to be more
opulent. After praising the style of Nicephorus, he adds,
and only complains of his extreme brevity, (Phot. Bibliot.
Cod. lxvi. p. 100.) Some additions may be gleaned from the
more recent histories of Cedrenus and Zonaras of the xiith
century.]