“An essay by the wisest monk Ipertim Michael, telling about the deeds of the porphyritic basileus Basil and Constantine, Romanus Argyropulus who reigned after them, Michael the Paphlagonian who reigned after him, his nephew Michael who reigned after him (the one who was at first Caesar), who reigned after him two porphyry sisters, Lady Zoe and Lady Theodora, who shared with them the throne of Constantine Monomakh, Lady Theodora (one of the sisters who ruled as sovereign), Michael, who reigned after her, and Isaac Komnenos, who reigned after him - until the proclamation of Constantine Ducas as Emperor.”