With the library the problem of the baton.
came to our attention
The notion may have been there
but we rarely saw the danger.
Whereas it is understandable that everything
could have been lost if it fell.
It was therefore a fundamental problem
for the Teaching that it was not necessarily
someone there to
grab hold of continuity.
It was the difference between
substance and authority.
Consequently the dynasty was trying
in her own manner
to avoid the voids.
Because she wanted to be sure
for the future…
One of the most beautiful examples
within Byzantium
was the Macedonian Dynasty.
And that’s why we studied its continuity
which touched upon two chronostrategic units.