Georgios Voustronios

Georgios Boustronios (Greek: Τζώρτζης Μπουστρούς, hellenised as Γεώργιος Βουστρώνιος; c. 1435/40 - after 1501) was a 15th century Cypriot royal official and chronicler possibly of Syrian origin. His chronicle Διήγησις Kρόνικας Kύπρου (Diegesis Kronikas Kyprou, Narrative of the Chronicle of Cyprus) was written in prose in Cypriot Greek. He was a close friend and serviceman of James II, the King of Cyprus. His chronicle documents events contemporary to his life, especially the transition from the Lusignan to the Venetian rule in Cyprus. His narrative starts where the chronicle of Leontios Machairas ends, at 1456, and concludes at 1489, the year when Catherine Cornaro, the last queen of Cyprus, ceded the island to the Republic of Venice. He documented the civil war between Charlotte and her half brother James II, between 1440 and 1444, and the interventions by Hospitallers and Mamluks in the politics of the island. He was a relative of Florio Bustron, a notary and the author of another chronicle on Cypriot history, titled Chronique de l'île de Chypre, that begins with antiquity and also ends in 1489. Α more recent publication and English translation was done by Nicholas Coureas in 2006, titled A Narrative of the Chronicle of Cyprus, 1456–1489.

Manuscripts

Venice: Biblioteca Marciana London: British Library, Arundel Manuscripts, Arundel MS 518 (16th century)

Publications Διήγησις Kρονίκας Kύπρου Publication by Konstantinos Sathas in his Medieval Library II, Vienna, 1873. Dawkins, R. M. The Chronicle of George Boustronios 1456 - 1489, Public. No 2, Univ. of Melbourne Cyprus Expedition, 1964. Coureas, N. A Narrative of the Chronicle of Cyprus, 1456–1489, 2006.