Οι ρίζες της Αναγέννησης στους Έλληνες που έφυγαν μετά την Άλωση

"At least three quarters of the ancient Greek classics that survived did so through Byzantine manuscripts."

Michael H. Harris, History of Libraries in the Western World, Scarecrow Press Incorporated, 1995, ISBN 0810837242"

Much of what we know about antiquity – especially Hellenic and Roman literature and Roman law - would have been lost forever, if it weren’t for the scholars and the scribes of Constantinople."

J.J. Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, 1997, Vintage Books, ISBN 0679772693