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grbs-5891	Thomas, John Philip	A Disputed Novel of Basil II	1983	11	.pdf	application/pdf	5347	202	52	He attempted a reconciliation by accepting a 'first repeal' of Nicephorus Phocas' law by Tzimisces in 969, its reinstitution by the parakoimome­ nos Basil (under pressure from Nicephorus Phocas' nephew Bardas Phocas), and a 'second repeal' by Basil II in 988.7 There is no support in the sources, however, for the reinstitution of Nicephorus Phocas' law which this complicated reconstruction requires. 11 Dolger Regesten no. 1523, (./ 1419, discussed by Lemerle (supra n.9) 217, and Svoronos (supra n.l0) 375-82; Nicetas Choniates Hist. 7.3 (207 van Dieten): wOn: Kat THOMAS, JOHN PHILIP, A Disputed Novel of Basil II , Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 24:3 (1983:Autumn) p.273 276 A DISPUTED NOVEL OF BASIL II deed, the relevant passage in Choniates' Historia is read by Svoronos to imply that there was no formal repeal of Nicephorus Phocas' law, thereby opening to critics of the disputed Basilian novel the possibility of condemning it without necessarily accepting in its stead the weakly attested repeal by John Tzimisces.	cache/grbs-5891.pdf	txt/grbs-5891.txt