The Book of the Prefect or Eparch is a Byzantine commercial manual or guide addressed to the eparch of Constantinople (the governor of the city with supreme judicial jurisdiction and the highest economic official, who had charge of, for example, tariffs and import/export regulation). Based on established customs and laws and now littered with later interpolations, the Book is an essential document in the economic history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean.

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  • The Book of the Prefect or Eparch is a Byzantine commercial manual or guide addressed to the eparch of Constantinople (the governor of the city with supreme judicial jurisdiction and the highest economic official, who had charge of, for example, tariffs and import/export regulation). Based on established customs and laws and now littered with later interpolations, the Book is an essential document in the economic history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. The book was lost until 1891, when it was discovered in Geneva by the Swiss Jules Nicole, who named it the Livre de l'Éparque.
  • Le Livre de l'Éparque (en grec byzantin Ἐπαρχικὸν Βιβλίον / Eparchikon Biblion) est une compilation de règlements concernant les corporations constantinopolitaines placées sous la supervision de l'éparque de la Ville. Le texte est daté de 911-912, sous le règne de Léon VI, mais la mention de tétartèra suggère une compilation ou une interpolation sous Nicéphore II Phocas. Le Livre de l'Éparque est divisé en 22 chapitres de règles consacrés à différentes guildes : notaires, argyropratai, changeurs, vendeurs de textile ou de parfum, fabriquants de chandelle, de savon, marchands de viande, poisson, vin, etc. Certaines professions parmi les plus courantes de la société byzantine n'y figurent pas, tels que les potiers, cordonniers, ou encore les forgerons, tailleurs, teinturiers, barbiers, médecins. Mais il traite aussi des assistants de l'éparque, des bothroi et des technitai.
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  • The Book of the Prefect or Eparch is a Byzantine commercial manual or guide addressed to the eparch of Constantinople (the governor of the city with supreme judicial jurisdiction and the highest economic official, who had charge of, for example, tariffs and import/export regulation). Based on established customs and laws and now littered with later interpolations, the Book is an essential document in the economic history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean.
  • Le Livre de l'Éparque (en grec byzantin Ἐπαρχικὸν Βιβλίον / Eparchikon Biblion) est une compilation de règlements concernant les corporations constantinopolitaines placées sous la supervision de l'éparque de la Ville. Le texte est daté de 911-912, sous le règne de Léon VI, mais la mention de tétartèra suggère une compilation ou une interpolation sous Nicéphore II Phocas.
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  • Book of the Prefect
  • Livre de l'Éparque
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