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Summary/Abstract: After a short survey on the importance of the chronicle of John Skylitzes within the framework of the Byzantine chronography and specially for the history of Bulgaria, the contribution is treating at first the history of this manuscript, today in the National Historical Museum of Bulgaria, but conserved (maybe since its origins) until the Balkan wars 1916 in the Metropolitan Library of Ohrid. The manuscript was written between 1080 and 1126 (or 1106) and goes back maybe until the liftime of the author, John Skylitzes. Though the manuscript is perhaps the oldest one of all copies of the chronicle, it is in philological respect not the best one. Its special value consists in 334 marginal notes, which are commenting, sometimes in a very personal manner, certain passages of the text. There are many indications, that the author of these notices was the famous archbishop of Ohrid, Theophylakt (1092–1106/1126). The author of this contribution is preparing an edition of these notices. Keywords: Sofija, Nacionalen istoričeski muzej, fonds principal, Gr. 2; Ohrid manuscript of John Skylitzes; Iohannes Scylitzes, Synopsis Historica; Byzantine chronography; National Historical Museum of Bulgaria; Theophylakt of Ohrid; Byzantine manuscripts