Chrysobulls themselves were adorned with the imperial effigy in the early Palaiologan period. Three extant illuminated chrysobulls are associated with Andronikos II (r. 1282–1328), including one granting and extending the privileges of the Metropolitan of Monembasia in 1301.

[T]ruth which wiſe men ſay doth lye in a Well, is not recoverable but by exantlation.

His reparational acts were considered sufficient atonement.

Do not tell me about masculinity and femininity; do not tell me that enchanted frogs turn into princes, that frogesses under a spell turn into princesses.