Theophanes Nonnus

For other people named Nonnus, see Nonnus (disambiguation)

Theophanes Nonnus or Nonnos, originally Theophanes Chrysobalantes or Chrysobalantites (Greek: Θεοφάνης Χρυσοβαλάντης or Χρυσοβαλαντίτης, fl. c. 950) was a Byzantine physician who wrote an outline of medicine dedicated to either Emperor Constantine Prophyrogenitus (probably Constantine VII).

Identity[]

The extant manuscripts identify the author as Theophanes; the name Nonnus was apparently fabricated by the copyist Andreas Darmarios. The name Chrysobalantes was either an epithet or a variant of the documented Byzantine family name Chrysobalantites. (Sonderkamp, 1984)

References[]

• Joseph A. M. Sonderkamp, "Theophanes Nonnus: Medicine in the Circle of Constantine Porphyrogenitus", Dumbarton Oaks Papers 38 in Symposium on Byzantine Medicine (1984), pp. 29–41. at JSTOR

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