1992: Diploma in History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Athens.

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1 Zisis Melissakis Dr. / Senior Researcher (B) Institute of Historical Research Department of Byzantine Research Phone: Fax: zmelis@eie.gr Website: STUDIES 1992: Diploma in History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Athens : Scholarship from the Hellenic State Scholaships Foundation for a post graduated course in Byzantine Philology. 1995: Post graduate degree in Greek Palaeography, The Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomatics and Archeionomy (Città del Vaticano). 2002: Ph.D. in Greek Paleography, Department of History and Ethnology, University of Thrace. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY : Associate at the Institute for Byzantine Research / NHRF : Paleography specialist at the Manuscripts Department of the National Library of Greece : Assistant Researcher (D) at the Institute for Byzantine Research / NHRF : Associate Researcher (C) at the Institute of Historical Research (Department of Byzantine Research) / NHRF.

2 ! 2013 until present: Senior Researcher (B) at the Institute of Historical Research (Department of Byzantine Research) / NHRF. RESEARCH INTERESTS! Greek Paleography and Codicology (cataloguing and study of manuscripts, codicological research, history of libraries).! Archival research (documentation and study of documents from Mount Athos).! History of the Greek printed book (15th-19th c.) (documentation of collection of printed books from various libraries in Greece). RESEARCH AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES! : Participation in the scientific expeditions to Mount Athos by the program Paleographic, Archival and Diplomatics Research of the IBR/NHRF.! : Participation in the project In search for the help of the Czars. Mount Athos and Russia (16th-17th c.) (co-organized by the IBR/NHRF and the Academy of Sciences of Russia).! : Participation in the program The book in Byzantium. Byzantine and post-byzantine book-binding. Phase 1 (co-organized by the IBR/NHRF, the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens and the Hellenic Book-Binding Society)! 2002 until present: Teaching Greek Paleography at the Seminar of Historical Sciences of the IHR/NHRF.! 2002 until present: Preparation for the edition of the catalogue of the codd of the Monastery of Iviron of Mount Athos.! 2002 until present: Preparation of the edition of the catalogue of Greek and Latin incunabula (15th-16th c.) of the Monastery of Iviron of Mount Athos.! : Participation in the pan-european program Rinascimento Virtuale. Digitale Palimpsestforschung.! : Participation in the program Information Society. Athos Memory. Digitization and documentation of the manuscripts of the library of Simonopetra Monastery (Monastery of Simonopetra).

3 ! : Participation in the program Information Society. Digital Treasure of Greek History and Civilization Pandektis (co-organized by IHR/NHRF, IHR/NHRF, IGRA/NHRF with the NDC/NHRF.! : Participation in the program The book in Byzantium. Byzantine and post-byzantine book-binding. Phase 2. Modern applications of Byzantine and post- Byzantine book-binding (SEBY) (co-organized by IBR/NHRF and the Hellenic Society for Book-Binding).! : Participation in the program DYAS (Infrastructure Network for Research in Humanities) (co-organized by IBR/NHRF, the Academy of Athens and Greek research centers and universities).! 2010 until present: Participation in the pan-european program COMSt Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies of the European Science Foundation (ESF). Representative of Greece on the Steering Committee of the program and participation in the editorial board of the collective volume to be published.! 2011: Organizer of workshop «Specific Issues in Oriental Philology», Athens, 8-9 December 2011, in the framework of the program COMSt (Comparative Oriental Manuscripts Studies).! 2011 until present: Participation in the program National Informatic System for Research and Technology (EPSET). Database Manuscripts of Patmos (co-organized by the IHR/NHRF, the NDC/ NHRF and professors from the School of Theology/ University of Thessaloniki, the Dept. of History and Ethnology/Democritus University of Thrace and the Dept of Philology/University of Athens. Scientific coordination of the documentation project (cataloguing of the manuscripts of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian).! 2011 until present: Preparation for the edition of the catalogue of codd of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Patmos.! 2012: Special scientific collaborator in the organizing committee of the exhibition The Art of Book-binding. From Byzantium to modern visual creation, Athens, Byzantine and Christian Museum, 19 September February 2013.! 2013: Organizer of workshop Towards a final version of the chapter on cataloguing, Athens, 6-7 June 2013, in the framework of the program COMSt (Comparative Oriental Manuscripts Studies).

4 ! 2013: Participation in the organizing committee of the Conference of the Mount Athos Center: 8th International Conference Mount Athos and scholarship, Thessaloniki November MAIN PUBLICATIONS! Η βιβλιοθήκη της Μονής Παντοκράτορος κατά τον 15ο αιώνα. Περιεχόµενο Προσκτήσεις Απώλειες [The library of the monastery of Pantokrator during the 15th century. Content-acquisitions-losses], Αγιορειτική Εστία. Στ Διεθνές επιστηµονικό συνέδριο «Το Άγιον Όρος στον 15ο και 16ο αιώνα», Θεσσαλονίκη, Νοεµβρίου Πρακτικά συνεδρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη 2012, ! Archives of the Monastery of Esphigmenou. Summaries of Post-Byzantine Documents. Athens 2008 (Institute for Byzantine Research, Athonika Symmeikta 11).! Σταχώσεις και σταχωτές της Μονής Παντοκράτορος του Αγίου Όρους κατά τους 17 ο και 18 ο αι. [Bookbindings and bookbinders in Pantokrator Monastery on Mount Athos during the 17th and 18th c.], Βιβλιοαµφιάστης 3 (2008), ! Α. Ευρετήριο παπύρων Β. Ευρετήριο Χειρογράφων Γ. Ευρετήριο εγγράφων [A. Index of papyri; B. Index of manuscripts; C. Index of documents], Πρακτικά του στ Διεθνούς συµποσίου Ελληνικής Παλαιογραφίας (Δράµα, Σεπτεµβρίου 2003), Επιστηµονική επιµέλεια Β. Άτσαλος-Ν. Τσιρώνη, Βιβλιοαµφιάστης, παράρτηµα 1, τόµος Β, Αθήνα 2008, ! Catalogue of Manuscripts of the Tyrnavos Municipal Library. Athens 2007 (Institute for Byzantine Research, Sources 8).! Βιβλιοδέτηση και ανακαίνιση κωδίκων στη Μονή Παντοκράτορος του Αγίου Όρους τον δέκατο έκτο αιώνα [Bookbinding and manuscript restauration in Pantokrator Monastery on Mount Athos], Σύµµεικτα 17 ( ), ! (Σε συνεργασία µε τον καθ. Γ. Π. Παπάζογλου) Ένα χειρόγραφο της Εικοσιφοινίσσης του Παγγαίου στον οίκο Sotheby s Λονδίνου (σήµερα χειρόγραφο ΕΒΕ αρ. 4173) [In collaboration with prof. G. P. Papazoglou, A manuscript from the monastery of Eikosiphoinissa on mount Paggaio], Από Φωνής 2 ( , publ. 2005), ! Οι παλίµψηστοι κώδικες της Εθνικής Βιβλιοθήκης της Ελλάδος. Προκαταρκτικά συµπεράσµατα µιας έρευνας [Palimpsest manuscripts in the National Library of Greece. Preliminary results of a research], Σύµµεικτα 16 ( ),

5 ! Sul ritrovamento di un manoscritto del monastero di Eikosifoinissis [Finding a missing manuscript of the Eikosifoinissa Monastery], Επετηρίς της Εταιρείας Βυζαντινών Σπουδών 49 ( ), , pl ! Ο κωδικογράφος Ιγνάτιος της Μονής Παντοκράτορος του Αγίου Όρους [Ignatios, a scribe in the Pantokrator Monastery on Mount Athos], Παρνασσός 37 (1995),