As soon as Michael was, promoted as patriarch, he forthwith anointed
his anointer upon his entrance into the sacred palace [probably August
1143]. The brother Isaakios was reconciled with the emperor, and, to the
surprise of many, they pledged fraternal goodwill to one another. 19 Isaakios
was irascible and for the slightest cause would inexplicably be impelled
to inflict inordinate punishments on many. He nurtured, furthermore,
an ignoble timidity, so much so that he was unmanly. His father
John, the best of emperors, was deemed happy by all and of glorious and
blessed memory for the added reason that he had rightly chosen Manuel
to reign as emperor above Isaakios