Ronchey, S. “Nota sull'italianizzazione dei nomi di famiglia dei Bizantini Eminenti.” A. P. Kazhdan and S. Ronchey. L'aristocrazia bizantina. Palermo: Sellerio, 1997. 31-2.

This Nota, appended to the introduction of the above volume (pp. 31-32), does not attempt so much to resolve definitively the complex question of the Italianisation of Byzantine family names, the subject of debate among scholars for considerable time, as to provide criteria by which the names produced might be, if not normative models, at least coherent examples.  The proposed principles, outlined with in collaboration primarily with Albio Cassio, are offered as empirical criteria, dictated by rigorous grammatical consideration and common sense, in an effort to reconcile correct morphology and respect for customs of the academic community, together with the need to simplify reading.

As such, the Fondazione Lorenzo Valla officially adopted the criteria proposed here for Byzantine texts.