Anonymus 227 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Religion | Christian; Iconoclast |
| Locations | Constantinople (residence); Constantinople |
| Occupation | Cleric; Singer |
| Titles | Protopsaltes of the choir of the imperial bedchamber (office) |
| Textual Sources | Genesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history); Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history) |
Anonymus 227 was apparently leader of the choir which used to sing psalms in the imperial bedchamber during the reign of Leo the Armenian (Leo V, Leo 15); he had the title of protopsaltes (ὁ τῶν τῷ βσιλικῷ κοιτῶνι κεκληρωμένων τηνικαῦτα ὢν χορολέκτης, ὃν πρωτοψάλτην καλεῖν παρέλαβεν ἡ συνήθεια); he was an enthusiastic iconoclast (οὗτος γὰρ τῆς τῶν εἰκονομάχων αἱρέσεως) and encouraged Leo 15 to take measures against the veneration of icons: Zon. XV 20. 13-15, cf. Genesius I 15 (ἄνδρα πανοῦργον, ὃς ἐπιστατῶν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τάγματος ἐν τοῖς ἀνακτόροις ἐτύγχανεν).
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