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Amiroutzes, George

Amiroutzes, George  

Philosopher, theologian, and writer; born Trebizond ca.1400, died Constantinople after 1469. The name is a diminutive of the Turkish “emir.” Amiroutzes (᾽Αμιρούτζης) is first mentioned as a lay ...
Bessarion

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Alice-Mary Talbot

The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

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(Βησσαρίων), Greek expatriate scholar and theologian in Italy, cardinal (1439–72), and titular Latin patriarch of Constantinople from 1463...

Bessarion

Bessarion (1399)   Reference library

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(1399/1400–1472)

Born at Trebizond of a modest family, the young Bessarion was noticed by

Bessarion Reliquary

Bessarion Reliquary  

A wooden staurotheke, that is, a container for fragments of the True Cross, composed of several parts, now in the Accademia in Venice; it took its name from the 15th-C. ...
Bessarion, Basil

Bessarion, Basil (c. 1403–72)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature

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(c. 1403–72),

a Greek émigré to Italy, became a leading figure in the Catholic Church and devoted himself

Bessarion, Cardinal Basil

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance

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(1408–72), Greek scholar in Italy; his Christian name is usually said to be Johannes, but this cannot be right, because in the Greek monastic tradition, the monk assumes upon ... More
Bessarion, Cardinal Johannes

Bessarion, Cardinal Johannes (c.1403–72)   Reference library

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who worked (unsuccessfully) to unite the Byzantine and Western Churches. A scholar of Plato and patron of contemporary humanists, he left his splendid library, including many Greek MSS, to ... More
Bessarion, Cardinal John

Bessarion, Cardinal John (1403/8–1472)   Reference library

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The most influential of the Byzantine émigrés to Italy, he became a *cardinal of the Catholic church, wrote an important

Byzantine Manuscripts

Byzantine Manuscripts  

Our knowledge of the places and circumstances of copying of Byzantine manuscripts, like that of their history and circulation, is based esentially on examination of the Books themselves. Documents ...
Cheilas

Cheilas  

(Ξειλα̑ς), also Prinkips Cheilas, a family of Peloponnesian origin, known from the 13th–15th C. The Cheilades produced several ecclesiastical leaders and intellectuals: Theodosios Prinkips Cheilas ...
Constantine Lascaris

Constantine Lascaris  

(c.1434–1501) Byzantine scholar and teacher who worked in Italy.Lascaris collected and copied Greek MSS, established some Latin translations, and wrote several literary and scientific texts. He is ...
Council of Florence

Council of Florence  

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(1438–45)Unsuccessful reunion council that met to re-establish communion between the western and eastern churches. Although a decree of union was signed (Laetentur caeli) and agreement reached on the ...
Demetrios Pepagomenos

Demetrios Pepagomenos  

Writer; fl. first half of 15th C.A member of the Pepagomenos family, Demetrios Pepagomenos was a doctor who lived in Constantinople and corresponded with John Chortasmenos, John Eugenikos, and ...
Demetrius Chalcondyles

Demetrius Chalcondyles  

(1423–1511),Greek scholar in Italy. Chalcondyles was an Athenian who lived in the circle of Bessarion in Rome and in 1464 became the first holder of the professorship of Greek ...
Diffusion of Culture

Diffusion of Culture  

Different kinds of diffusion of Byz. culture may be distinguished.1. Diffusion of material objects does not in itself indicate any assimilation of culture. Byz. coins (see Coin Finds) and metalwork ...
ekphrasis

ekphrasis  

An extended and detailed literary description of any object, real or imaginary. ‘There are ekphraseis of faces and objects and places and ages and many other things’ (Hermogenes).
Eugenikos, John

Eugenikos, John  

Churchman and writer; born Constantinople after 1394, died after 1454/5.The younger brother of Mark Eugenikos, John Eugenikos (Εὑγενικός) was a married deacon who held the positions of notary and ...
Francesco Filelfo

Francesco Filelfo  

(1398–1481)The Italian Humanist Francesco Filelfo played an important role in the preservation and promotion of Greek culture in Italy. Living at Constantinople from 1420 to 1427, he learned Greek ...
Georg von Purbach

Georg von Purbach  

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(1423–1461) Austrian astronomer and mathematicianPurbach (or Peurbach) took his name from his birthplace in Austria. He had traveled in Italy and studied under Nicholas of Cusa before becoming ...
George Chrysokokkes

George Chrysokokkes  

Astronomer and physician; fl. Trebizond and Constantinople ca.1335–50.Chrysokokkes (Ξρυσοκόκκης) is first noted as a scribe who copied the Batrachomyomachia and Odyssey in 1336 (Vat. Palat. gr. 7). ...

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