In sum, Papaioannou had to reconstruct the corpus from 53 manuscripts, with a couple containing over 200 letters, a few containing 20 or 40, and many containing a handful or just one. All 53 manuscripts are carefully described in the introduction, which is in English, not Latin. The paleographical prowess that Papaioannou brings to this dispersed archive is impressive.

Stratis Papaioannou. Michael Psellus. Epistulae. Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, 2030. De Gruyter, 2019.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Anthony Kaldellis, Ohio State University