[Footnote 103: See Ducange, (C. P. Christiana, l. ii. p.
150, 151,) who collects the testimonies, not of Theophanes,
but at least of Zonaras, (tom. ii. l. xv. p. 104,) Cedrenus,
(p. 454,) Michael Glycas, (p. 281,) Constantine Manasses,
(p. 87.) After refuting the absurd charge against the
emperor, Spanheim, (Hist. Imaginum, p. 99 - 111,) like a
true advocate, proceeds to doubt or deny the reality of the
fire, and almost of the library.]