Tzetzes made the first chronological collection of his letters

Summary:
 
Dates:
1155 (Uncertain) 
Epiphanios, deacon, nephew of the metropolitan of Side (Epiphanios 108)
  • He received a letter from Ioannes 459 about possible categories of attacks circulating on Ioannes; the letter listed them according to seriousness, with appropriate reactions to each: it would be used to introduce the first half of Ioannes' correspondence (:) Tzetzes, Letters 1.1-4.13
Ioannes Tzetzes, man of letters (Ioannes 459)
  • In the introductory letter to the first half of his correspondence (out of chronological order), he listed for Epiphanios 108 categories of attacks circulating about himself, with the reaction he planned for each (:) Tzetzes, Letters 1.1-4.13