Una copista, due copisti, nessuna copista? Teodora Raulena e i due codici attribuiti alla sua mano

Theodora Kantakouzene Palaiologina Raoulaina is a well-known personality from the intellectual milieu of Constantinople in the early Palaiologan age, owing to her links with many scholars, including George of Cyprus and Maximus Planudes. Two manuscripts are ascribed to her hand, Vat. gr. 1899 and Mosq. 3649: each bears an epigram which informs us that Theodora copied the manuscript. But the self-evident difference between the handwriting of the two manuscripts forces us to reconsider the attribution of one or both codices to Theodora. A new critical edition of the two epigrams, with a translation and a commentary, allows us to verify their exact meaning. A fresh analysis of the script provides a sounder basis for identifying the scribe of ms. Mosq. 3649.