The Narratios account of a nearly imperceptible image is corroborated and embellished by Symeon Magister, writing his Chronographia also in the tenth century and likely also under the influence of Constantine VII. He asserts that while Constantine could see the faint image in its details (eyes and ears: ophthalmo?? ?a? ota) his two brothers-in-law and rivals for the throne could barely make out an outline.1 7
