Constantinople (1453) — the same event in Doukas and Sphrantzes

Doukas: [Index] The city falls: when the walls are breached, Giustiniani withdraws his men, and some Galata people flee with a few ships. The Turks…

What each source says

Doukas, History · AD 1453 · Κωνσταντινούπολις / Cpolis

[Index] The city falls: when the walls are breached, Giustiniani withdraws his men, and some Galata people flee with a few ships. The Turks take the citizens captive, and the grand duke (Notaras) is captured and kept under guard.

magnus dux capitur
Location: 40 (색인 요약)

Sphrantzes, Chronicle · AD 1453 · Constantinople

The Genoese commander Giustiniani is hit by an arrow in the right foot, leaves his post, crosses to Galata and dies there; the commander's departure unsettles the troops.

sed loco, in quo erat, relicto, cum silentio discessit, medicum quaerens
Location: III.7 (조각 줄 1015)

Sphrantzes, Chronicle · AD 1453 · Constantinople

The Ottomans take control of the whole city; the text records the hour of the fall as the second and a half hour of the third day.

Ita hostes tota urbe potiti sunt die tertio, hora secunda et dimidia
Location: III.8 (조각 줄 1164)

Sphrantzes, Chronicle · AD 1453 · Constantinople

Grand Duke Notaras offers Mehmed gold, jewels and other wealth and begs for his life; Mehmed has him jailed on the spot, then summons him again the next day to question and rebuke him.

haec omnia," inquit, "servavi maiestati tuae et nunc tibi pro munere trado, ac rogo, ut servi tui preces et vota me aspernere.
Location: III.9 (조각 줄 1273)

Where the sources differ

A and B are two of the sources listed above.

On what pointSource ASource BWhat differs (in Korean)
OutcomeDoukas, HistorySphrantzes, Chroniclea는 철수만 적음, b는 화살을 맞고 갈라타에서 죽었다고 적음

Place: Constantinopolis

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