The emperor Theodore II Laskaris was a pupil of the scholar Nikephoros Blemmydes, and the author of two books on philosophy. Theodore II Laskaris, illustration from the manuscript of Zonaras in Modena, 15th century. Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena gr. 122, fol. 294r. © Su concessione del Ministero per i beni et le attivita culturali