Table 1.
The fourteen handwritten manuscripts from ca.1790–1930 (all in Greek and one in French).
| Code name | Source |
|---|---|
| 1-FIL | FIL-OURS-AIM (1819) From Pythagoras (2016) Journal, extract regarding the aim of the initiatory process |
| 2-FIL | FILIKI -AIM- OTHER, ca.1820, https://clioturbata.com/%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C%CF%88%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82/chatzopoulos-filiki-eteria/(anotherextract regarding the aim of the initiatory process) |
| 3-YPS | 3-Ypsilantis, «HierosLochos» 1820, http://www.askiweb.eu/images/2_aiones_se_21_ekpompes/61821Small.pdf; Alexandros Hypsilantis, 1792–1828, |
| Greek patriot and revolutionary leader.Descended from a royal Phanariot family that ruled Wallachia during the Ottoman yoke. He served as a senior officer in the Imperial Russian Army in the Napoleonic wars, was prince of the Danubian Principalities and was one of the leading members of the Society of Friends (PhilikiHetaereia), | |
| He formed an army of 500 young volunteers that comprised the “HierosLochos” (Sacred Band). His written speech to the Greekrevolutionary | |
| 4-YPS | 4-Ypsilantis, Ismail (near Braila, Romania) 1820,opening trumpet by Hyspilantis to the chiefs of the Greek armies, in Ismail Romania,for the revolution; http://www.askiweb.eu/images/2_aiones_se_21_ekpompes/61821Small.pdf |
| 5-KAL | Kalamata 23 March 1821,handwritten text, the letter of the chiefs of the Messenian senate in Kalamata to the European common opinion that the Greeks rose up for their freedom; https://www.arcadiaportal.gr/timeline/apeleytherosi-tis-kalamatas-dimioyrgeitai-i-messiniaki-geroysia |
| 6-MAK | Μakrygiannis, 1843, handwritten extract from the Memoirs of Makrygiannis, whichis perhaps the only extensive sample of a fighter's text from 1821 that hascome down to us without passing through the filter of some literate mediator;https://www.pancreta.gr/book.php?p=20270 |
| 7-PAT | Patriarch Gregorios E’ to Ioannis Varvakis, 1821, handwritten thanks letter for a considerable amount of money donated by Varvakis for "the establishment of a common shrine box in favor of the poor. https://www.elculture.gr/blog/article/sto-fos-agnosta-ntokoumenta-gia-tin-elliniki-epanastasi-kai-ti-filiki-etaireia-mesa-apo-ta-archeia-tou-mouseiou-faltaits-sti-skyro/ |
| 8-RIG | Rigas, 1790, handwrittenRigas ‘work «Physicsanthology», 1790 Vienna (re-edited by Scientific Society of Studies of Ferae-Velestinon-Rigas, 1991) |
| Οne of rare books on Physics used for his enlightening against prejudices and superstitions the modern scientific knowledge of his time, which he conveyed in simple languageto be understoodby his readers; http://ebooks.edu.gr/ebooks/v/html/8547/2330/Istoria-Neoellinikis-Logotechnias_A-B-G-Gymnasiou_html-apli/index_03_02a.html | |
| RigasFeraios, sometimes RhegasPheraeos) or Velestinlis (1757- 1798), was a Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment. A victim of the Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empireand a pioneer of the Greek War of Independence, | |
| 9-MPO | Mpotsaris, 1828,MarkosMpotsaris c. 1788 –1823, was a Greekhero of the Greek War of Independence and chieftain of the Souliotes;https://www.iefimerida.gr/politismos/se-dimoprasia-epistoles-toy-mpotsari |
| 10-KOR | Koraes (inGreek) 1816; handwritten letter of A.Koraes to K.Kokkinakis in 5 Sept. 1816; https://www.vivliothikiesiea.gr/istorika-xeirografa/ |
| AdamantiosKoraes or Koraïs 1748–1833 was a Greek scholar credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence | |
| 11-KOR | Koraes(in French) 1799, Letter of Koraes (signing as Coray) in French to the Italian writer Angelo Maria Bandini in Florence. In this A.Koraes informs the Italian author that he is sending him a copy of “Theophrastus” works (4th c BC, follower of Aristotle) and, among other things, asks him to announce his work in a philological magazine of his city;https://www.politischios.gr/koinonia/sto-sfyri-psifides-istorias |
| 12-NOM | Νomarchia, 1806, earlier printed letters, cover of the Greek pamphlet ἙλληνικὴΝομαρχία (eng:HellenicNomarchy), publishedin Italy in 1806by an “anonymous Greek author”. It advocated the ideals of freedom, social justice and equality as the main principles of a well-governed society, making it the most important theoretical monument of Greek republicanism; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Nomarchy |
| 13-XOD | Xodilos to Xanthos,Reni, March 30, 1821; letter of AthanasiouXodilos to Emmanuel Xanthos. Published in the “EmmanouilXanthou Archive”, vol. 3, Athens, Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece, 2002; https://argolikivivliothiki.gr/2020/03/13/emmanuel-xanthos/ |
| 14-SIK | Sikelianos poet 1930, letter of A.Sikelianos to his friend F. Giophyllis from October 31, 1930; A.Sikelianoswas a famous Greek poet, one of the greatest poets of modern Greece; https://www.vivliothikiesiea.gr/istorika-xeirografa/, https://www.ekt.gr/el/copyright |
All extracts from the indicated Greek magazines or journals are in Greek and are intended solely for educational and research use without any copyright restrictions but only relevant citation of the source or web site.