Psellos sent formal consolation to Ioannes (?) Bourtzes on the death of his brother, hoping for a reward for the letter-carrier

Summary:
Consolation for Ioannes (?) Bourtzes on the death of his brother. Psellos hardly knew the deceased, but grieved greatly: how must a brother feel? The brother was much slandered and died in his prime. The letter-carrier was a mandator serving Psellos, who needed a reward 
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain) 
Bourtzes (Ioannes?), correspondent of Michael Psellos (Anonymus 2223)
  • He received a conventional letter of consolation on the death of Anonymus 2224: much is pure convention, but the dead man was much slandered and died in his prime; the letter-carrier was a mandator serving Psellos (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 105.347-350
brother of (Ioannes?) Bourtzes (Anonymus 2224)
  • Anonymus 2223 received a conventional letter of consolation on his death from Michael 61, who hardly knew him: much is pure convention, but he was much slandered and died in his prime; the letter-carrier was a mandator serving Psellos (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 105.347-350
mandator serving Michael Psellos (Anonymus 2225)
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • Consolation for Anonymus 2223 on the death of Anonymus 2224 Psellos Letters (Sathas) 105.347-350
  • Consolation for Anonymus 2223 on the death of Anonymus 2224: Psellos hardly knew the dead man, but grieved greatly: how must a brother feel? he was much slandered and died in his prime; the letter-carrier (Anonymus 2225) was a mandator serving Psellos (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 105.347-350