a hieromonachus, or monk in holy orders, eminent as a Greek canonist.
He composed, about the year 1335 (as Bishop Beveridge satisfactorily makes out from the
author's own enigmatical statement) an alphabetical compendium of the contents of the
genuine canons. It was intended to supply a more convenient repertory for ordinary use than
was furnished by the collections of Photius and his commentators. The letters refer to the
leading word in the rubrics of the titles, and under each letter the chapters begin anew in
numerical order. In each chapter there is commonly an abstract, first of the ecclesiastical,
then of the secular laws which relate to the subject; but the sources whence the secular
laws are cited are not ordinarily referred to, and
In most MSS. a small collection of minor works, probably due to Blastares, is appended to
the Syntagma. As to unpublished works of Blastares in MS., see Fabric. Bibl.
Graec. xii. p. 205.
At the end of the Père Goar's edition of Codinus is a treatise, written in popular
verses (
Jur. Graeco-Rom. vol. i. lib.
viii.
Jur.
Graeco-Rom., are often enumerated as a distinct work from the Syntagma, but in reality
they come under the head
Biener, Gesch. der Nov. pp. 218-222; Walter, Kirchenrecht. § 79.