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between 1853 and 1854, between Moscow and Odessa, sometimes in a double edition. In any case, one gets
the impression that the large group of lithographs is very densely packed around the little booklet dedicated
by Simonidis to Uranio in 1856, recorded in the list at no. 32, and that Uranio actually represents in that list,
for that matter! to say, a watershed. In fact, there follows a sudden shift in Simonidis' interests on the one
hand towards Byzantine writings of obscure theological content, as happens repeatedly with Nicholas of
Mcton or George Gcnnadius Scolarius, and on the other towards the history of hieroglyphics and their
ancient interpreter, Horos
22 Olivier Masson had already expressed some doubts about the dating of the pamphlet, see 0. MASSON,
Constantin Simonidis et Jean Gennadius: Le Faus-saire et le Bibliophile, «The Griffon» 3.1 (1993), pp.
7-15.