No More Learning

The work which is noticed by 904, and consequently the Joannes of Thessalonica
Photius is not extant. (Victor Tununensis, Chro- from whom the extract is taken could not have
nicon ; Liberatus Diaconus, Breviarium Caussae lived earlier than the tenth century, and must
Nesterianor. et Eutychianor. , capp: 16–18 (apud therefore be a different person from the author of
Galland. Biblioth. Patrum, vol. xii. p. 146, &c. ); the preceding article. Gallandius reprints the
Evagrius, H. E. iii. 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, cum notis extract with the works of the preceding (Bill.
Valesii ; Theophanes, Chronographia, pp. 110-113, Patrum, vol. xiii. p. 195), but intimates in his
ed. Paris, pp. 88–90, ed. Venice, pp. 199–204, Prolegomena, c. iv. , that it can hardly be by the
ed. Bonn ; Photius, Biblioth. cod. 54, sub fin. ; same author. It is not given in the Bonn reprint
Tillemont, Mémoires, vol. xvi. ; Cave, Hist. Litt. of the Byzantine writers. It is probable that
vol. i. p. 455. )
Combéfis, by confounding the work of Joannes with
116. Of THESSALONICA (1). Joannes, arch- an anonymous account of a deliverance of Thessa-
bishop of Thessalonica, was a stout defender of the lonica, through the miraculous interposition of Deme-
orthodox faith against the Monothelites of the trius, when besieged by barbarians, probably Avars,
seventh century. He attended as papal legate the in the reign of the emperor Maurice, was led into
third Constantinopolitan (sixth oecumenical) coun- error. (Gallandius, ll. cc. ; Cave, Hist. Litt. vol. i. p.
cil (A. D. 680), and in that character subscribed 597; Fabric. Bith Gr. vol. vii. p. 683, vol. x. pp.
the Acla of the council. (Concilia, vol. vi. col. 1058, 218, 219; Allatius, de Symeonum Scriptis, p. 97. )
ed. Labbe ; vol. iii. col. 1425, ed. Hardouin ; vol. 118. Of THESSALONICA (3). [CAMENIATA. )
xi. col. 639, ed. Mansi. ) The time of his death is 119. Of ThessaLONICA (4). (ANAGNOSTES. )
altogether uncertain. He wrote: 1. Els tds uupa 120. TZETZES. (TZETZES. ]
pópous guvairas, In Mulieres ferentes Unguenta, a 121. Veccus or Beccus. (Veccus. )
discourse or treatise in which his object is to show 122. XIPHILINUS (1). Patriarch of Constanti-
that there is no contradiction in the several accounts nople. (XIPHILINUS, 1. ]
of the resurrection of Christ given by the four Evan- 123. XIPHILINUS (2). (XIPHILINUS, 2. ]
gelists. This piece appears to have been regarded 124. ZONARAS. (Zonaras. ) [J. C. M. ]
by some as a work of Chrysostom, and was first JOANNES, jurists. 1. Comes SACRARII, under
published (but from a mutilated and corrupt text) Theodosius the younger, was one of the nine com-
by Savile in his edition of Chrysostom (vol v. p. missioners appointed by that emperor in A. D. 429
740, fol. Eton. 1610, &c. ), though with an expres to compile codes of law upon a plan which was
sion of doubt as to its genuineness. It was sub- subsequently abandoned. He was not, however,
sequently printed more correctly in the Norum afterwards employed in compiling the Theodosian
Auctarium of Combéfis (vol. i. fol. Paris, 1648), code, of which a great part is still extant. [Dio-
and by him assigned to the right author. It is DORUS, Vol. I. p. 1018. )
given in a mutilated form in Montfaucon's edition 2. Was at the head of the first commission of
of Chrysostom, among the Spuria, vol. viii. p. 159, ten appointed by Justinian in A. D. 528 to compile
fol. Paris, 1718, &c. , or vol. viii. p. 816 of the 8vo. re the Constitutionum Coder. In Const. Haec quae
print, Paris, 1839. It is also given in the Bibliotheca necessario, & 4, and Const. Summa Reipublicae,
Patrum of Gallandius, vol. xiii. p. 185, &c. A Latin$ 2, he is designated by the title “Vir excellen-
version is given in the Biblioth. Patrum, vol. xii. tissimus ex-quaestore sacri palatii, consularis atque
Lyon, 1677. 2. nóyos, Oratio, of which a con- patricius. ” In the subsequent revision of the code
siderable extract was read by Nicolaus, bishop of he had no part, though a person of the same name
Cyzicus at the second Nicene seventh oecumenical) was one of the second commission of five.
council, and is printed in the Concilia (vol. vii. col. 3. An advocate in the courts of the praefecti
353, ed. Labbe, vol. iv. col. 292, ed. Hardouin, vol. praetoriorum at Constantinople, was one of the
xii. col. 163, ed. Mansi), and by Gallandius in his commission of sixteen, headed by Tribonian, who
Bibliotheca Patrum (vol. xiii. p. 196). (Gallan- were employed by Justinian (A. D. 530—533) to
dius, I. cc. ; Concilia, Il. cc. ; Cave, Hist
. Litt
. vol. compile the Digest. (Const. Tanta, Ø 9, Const
.
i. p. 597 ; Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. 1. p. 250. ) Afdwkev, $ 9. ) He is a different person from the
117. Of Thessalonica (2), the younger. A Joannes who was at the head of the commission
fragment of a discourse which was entitled Ai tuü appointed to compile the first Constitutionum Codex ;
doxopópov Anuntpiov ev nepuſ Birroel Oaura- but it appears from Const. Cordi, $ 2, that he was
Toupolai, Triumphalis Martyris Demetrü sigillatim one of the commission of five, headed by Tribonian,
narrata Miracula, or "Tuvos eis Oedv kal eis tov who drew up the repetila praelectio codicis, which
πανένδοξον άθλοφόρον Δημήτριον εν μερική διη- I was published in A. D. 534.


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JOANNES.
IOCASTUS.
14. ANTIOCHENus and SCHOLASTICU8, from his were much referred to by subsequent compilers, as
native place Antioch, and the profession of ad-by Arsenius in his Synopsis Canonum.
(Heimbach,
vocate, which he once exercised there (amo Anecdoti vol. ii. in Prolegomenis ; Zachariae,
OXONDOTIKW). At a later period of his life he Hist. Jur. Gr. Rom. Delin. § 22 ; Mortreneil,
entered into holy orders, and was ordained priest. Histoire du Droit Byzantin, vol i. p. 201—211,
lle was then named Apocrisiarins, agent or p. 288; Böcking, Institutionen, vol i. p. 102,
chargé d'affaires of the church of Antioch at the 10. 2. )
imperial court in Constantinople towards the end 5. NOMOPHYLAX. He is commonly called a
of the reign of Justinian. In A. D. 565 he was scholiast on the Basilica, but was rather a jurist,
elevated to the vacant patriarchate of Constanti- whose Scholia are appended to that work. In
nople, and he died on the 31st of August, A. D. ) the heading of the Scholia taken from Joannes
578, in the 12th year of the reign of Justin the he is called, from his office, Joannes Nomophylax,
younger. (Theophanes, Chronogruphia, p. 203, fol. and sometimes kar’étoxív. Nomophylax alone.
Par. 1055, Asseinani, Bill. Jur. Orient. vol. iii. p. In the Scholia (vol. ii. p. 549—648, vol. iii. p.
340-343. )
400, ed. Fabrot. ) he appears to cite the text of the
Joannes published a collection of canons in 50 Basilica ; and Assemani (Bibl. Jur. Orient. vol. ii.
titles. Assemani (vol. i. p. 114) thinks that it p. 415) believes him to have lived about A. D.
was published and prescribed by him as a rule to 1100, under Alexius Comnenus; while Suarez
the bishops of the patriarchate, after he was made (Notit. Basil. § 42) confounds him with Jonnnes
patriarch. In the preface to the work, however, Antiochenus. In his Scholia appended to the
he himself assumes no higher rank than presbyter. Basilica, he interprets passages in the Digest,
This collection is entitled Luvaywy kavovwr the Code, and the Novells. (Schol. Basil, vol. ij.
els Titmous simpnuévn, and is founded on the pp. 544, 558, 559, 587, vol. iii. pp. 360, 390, vol.
basis of a previous collection, which is attributed iv. pp. 658, 662. ) Constantinus Nicaeus (who, in
by some manuscripts to Stephanus Ephesius. It Basil. vol. iii. p. 208, calls himself a disciple of
consists chiefly of decrees of early councils, and Stephanus) cites Joannes Nomophylax, with whom
letters of St. Basil. The Euvayamh of Joannes he disagrees. (Basil. vol. ii. p. 549. ) Joannes is
(which was one of the earliest compilations of the coupled with Dorotheus in Basil. vol. v. p. 410.
kind) enjoyed for some centuries great credit in In Basil. vol. iii. p. 360, and vol. ii. p. 587, we
the Oriental church, received from time to time cor- find him citing Athanasius and Theodorus Herma
rections and additions, and was translated into polita. From these indications, we believe him to
several foreign languages. Assemani (vol. i. p. 60) have lived not long after the reign of Justinian,
cites the Syrian translation: Biener (de Collectio- and would explain his apparent citations of the
nibus Canonum, p. 49) treats of the Sclavonic Basilica by supposing that his original citations of
translation ; and Beveridge (Synodicon, p. 211) the Digest were subsequently adapted to the Basi-
mentions an Egyptian collection of Abnalcassabi in lica-a charge which was frequently made, and
51 titles, resembling that of Joannes. The Euv- which has occasioned much chronological difficulty.
aywyń of Joannes is printed in Voelli et Justelli Many of the jurists, whose fragments appear ap-
Bibliotheca Jur. Canon, vol. ij. 499-602. pended to the Basilica, have, for this reason, been
A collection of 87 chapters, intended as a sup- referred to too late an age. Thus, every circum-
plement to the former Euvaywri, was published stance tends to show that Constantinus Nicaeus
(if we may credit the title to the work) by Joannes, who cites Joannes, lived before the compilation of
after he was in possession of the metropolitan the Basilica, if we except his supposed citations of
throne, and after the death of Justinian. It was the Basilica, and of the otoixelov of Garidas.
published, therefore, between A. D. 565 and 578. (Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. xii. p. 447; Reiz. ad
As the former collection contained the rules of Theophilum, p. 1236; Pohl, ad Swares. Notit.
purely ecclesiastical origin (kavoves), the present Basil. p. 138. n. B; Heimbach, de Orig. Basil.
was intended to comprehend the enactments of the p. 87. )
(J. T. G. )
civil law (vóuoi) relating to the affairs of the church, JOANNES ALEXANDRI'NUS, a physician
and was compiled from the Novells of Justinian. of Alexandria, who may be supposed to have lived in
Joannes makes abridged extracts from Novells the seventh or eighth century after Christ, and under
3, 5, 6, 32, 46, 56, 57, 83, 120, 123, 131, usually whose name are extant some commentaries on two
employing the words of the original text.
works of the Hippocratic Collection. That on the
These 87 chapters have in several catalogues of sixth book De Morbis Popularibus is said to have been
manuscripts been wrongly attributed to Balsamo. | translated from Greek into Arabic, and from thence
Some notices of their contents, and some extracts into Latin, in which language it is to be found, to
from them, were given by Assemani (Bibl. Jur. gether with Honain Ibn Ishak (commonly called
Orient. vol. ii. p. 451—459): and Biener has by his Latinised name, Joannitius), and other
treated of them with his usual sagacity and learn- authors, in the edition of the collection called Ar-
ing. (Geschichte der Novellen, p. 167-173, p. 584 ticella, printed at Venice, 1483, fol. , and in other
-597. ) They were first printed at length by editions. His cominentary on the De Natura Pu-
Heimbach in 1840. (Anecdota, vol. ii. )
eri, which is imperfect, was first published in Greek
A Nomocanon (combination of raváves and vóuoi) in the second vol. of Dietz's Schol. in Hippocr. et
in 50 titles, with a supplement of 21 chapters, was Gal. Regim. Pruss. 8vo. 1834. (See Fabric. Bibl.
subsequently compiled from the two works of Gr. vol. xii. pp. 687-88, ed. vet. ) [W. A. G. ]
Joannes. This compilation (printed in Voel. et IOBATES. [BELLEROPHON. )
Justell. Bibl. Jur. Canon. vol. ii. p. 603-672) has IOCASTE. [Epicaste and OEDIPUS. ]
been wrongly attributed to Joannes himself. The IOCASTUS (’lókartos), a son of Aeolus, king
author of it is uncertain, but it was probably com- on the coast of Italy in the district of Rhegium.
posed by Theodoretus, bishop of Cyrrhus (now (Diod. v. 8; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 732 ; Callim.
Khoros, in Syria). The 87 chapters of Joannes Fragın. 202, ed. Bentley.