[Attribution to Philip questionable at best]
[Originally known in part from Cod. Barocc. 142 (= B), fol. 216r, lines 11-39; thus, directly precedes in this ms. the passage classified by Heyden as Fr. 2, and follows Fr. 4. Other mss.: Cod. Paris. gr. 1555A (= P); Cod. Athous Vatopedi 286 (= V). — De Boor, "Neue Fragmente," pp 165-84, attributes this sequence of excerpts to Philip of Side; at p. 173 he stresses the mention of Philip of Side by name, but this relates primarily to the fragment on the Alexandrian school; De Boor, "Zur Kenntnis," p. 487 n., interprets the phrase that begins fr. 2, "as Philip of Side says...," as a phrase of attribution for the material here classified as fr. 6, but that is unlikely. More convincingly, Hansen, Theodoros Anagnostes: Kirchengeschichte, GCS (Berlin, 1971), p. xxxviii, and Nautin, "La continuation," pp. 178-81, argue for attribution of all but no. 1 here to Gelasius of Caesarea, pointing to (a) the parallel between no. 2 and Photius's description ( Bibl. cod. 89) of Gelasius of Caesarea's prologue, and (b) parallels with Theophanes' Chronography , especially because Theophanes cites material from no. 3 here explicitly as from Gelasius, and (c) parallels with the text of "Gelasius of Cyzicus." Cf. also Pouderon, "Le témoignage," pp. 11-12. — Greek text printed by De Boor, "Neue Fragmente," pp. 182-4; newly edited by Hansen, Theodoros Anagnostes , pp. 158-9, but omitting the material before no. 2, and with a different numeration; Nautin, pp. 174-8, prints Greek text with a French translation.]
Up to this point Eusebius writes.
1. Constantius the Great, the father of Constantine, produced these sons from his two wives: Constantine, son of Helena; Dalmatius; Constantius.
[ Diagram—remains of family tree in bottom margin of Barocc. 142 fol. 216r]
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2. Cyril, the bishop of Jerusalem, was the maternal uncle of Gelasius of Caesarea, and he himself when he was dying obligated Gelasius in writing to [compose] the history of the events after Eusebius and of those about which Eusebius did not write.
3. Diocletian and Maximian Herculius both reigned over the Romans together, and with shared counsel they laid aside their royal power and took up again the rank of private individuals; and in the sight of the army they installed as emperors Constantius the father of Constantine, and another Maximian, [also called] Galerius. But when they changed their minds and wished to rule again, they were killed by a common decree of the Senate.
4. Theotecnus, who was plotting against the Christians in Antioch, entered the cave in which Maximian used to sacrifice to the demons and indeed received oracles. On the basis of a demonic oracle he [i.e., Theotecnus] enjoined on him [i.e., Maximian] the persecution against the Christians. And Maximian, in obedience to this man, rekindled the persecution against us. And he also urged on his fellow-tyrants to do the same, bringing forward the demons' oracle as though it were indeed some great commandment.
5. When Diocletian went to war against the usurpers in Alexandria, he had Constantine, who was very young, as an ally and counsellor. When he [i.e., Diocletian] saw that he [i.e., Constantine] showed excellence, he was moved with devilish envy and was eager to destroy him by treachery. But God preserved him and returned him safe, after escaping the plot, to his father, who was on the point of death. And in the sight of the army, his father proclaimed him as emperor, giving him many commands on behalf of the Christians, and thus he "fell asleep" in peace.
6. When Constantius died, the following were left behind as rulers: Constantine the Great administered the territory of his father —this was from the edge of Europe as far as the Ionian Sea; Maxentius held Rome and [the territory] as far as the Ocean; Severus having died of an illness, the Roman Senate voted Licinius emperor, by way of doing a favor for Constantine, who had made Licinius his brother-in-law through his sister Constantia. And Maximian held sway over the region of the East.
7. Licinius, for fear of the emperor Constantine, worked his treachery against us secretly. But later, he drew up his forces against us openly. At that point, Constantine grew angry against Licinius. And after war had occurred between them, Licinius was taken alive in Chrysopolis. He [i.e., Constantine] commanded him [i.e., Licinius] to live quietly in Thessalonica, but when he was plotting rebellion again, and was going to take up arms, he ordered him killed.
[Chemical processes for treating copper and iron]
[Attribution to Philip questionable at best]
[For the text, see Berthelot, Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs (Paris, 1888), Livraison [= vol.] 3, Greek text pp. 346-7; French tr. pp. 330-332. (Note that the Greek texts and French translations follow independent page numbering, in each case continuing the numeration of the previous volumes.). — P. Lambeck (Lambecius), Commentatorium de Augustissima Bibliotheca Caesarea Vindobonensi , 2nd ed. A. F. Collarius (Vienna, 1780), vol. 6, pp. 406-7, attributed them to Philip of Side on the basis of the mention of a "Philip" (cited by Heyden, p. 228 n. 95), but this seems quite unlikely. Heyden, p. 228, sees a reference to Philip II of Macedon; Berthelot, Fr. tr., p. 331 n. (continued from p. 330), interprets it instead as a reference to a successor of Alexander (e.g., Philip V).]
[5.4 Berthelot]
"Dyeing" of the copper found among the Persians, recorded from the reign of Philip.
(1) Take the upper thuthia , as much as you wish, and pound it finely and sift it with a very fine sieve. Put it into an earthenware vessel, and put on top of it oil of whatever sort you wish, whether common or sesame-oil. Take it up again in your hands; mix the oil with the thuthia and grind it in the earthenware receptacle until the thuthia is saturated with the oil and does not absorb any more of the oil. And when you see that it has absorbed enough, add again and mix in still more of the same oil, until it becomes like mud. And [then] take some of the crimson/palm-paste, the red [pigment] called natêph by the Arabs, one-fifth of the amount of thuthia , and place it on top of the previously softened thuthia in the earthenware vessel, after breaking it [i.e., the pigment] up into small pieces—not too many, nor too large. Heat an oven with the most intense fire; put the vessel in the oven; then, cover the opening of the oven with mud until the following day, because the thuthia is going to be burnt and become black. And the next day, take it out, crush it and sift it with a fine sieve.