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Byzantine music
Byzantine music the music of the Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music. Long thought to be only a further development of ancient Greek music, Byzantine music is now regarded as an independent musical culture, with elements derived from Syrian and Heb... Read more
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire successor state to the Roman Empire (see under Rome ), also called Eastern Empire and East Roman Empire. It was named after Byzantium, which Emperor Constantine I rebuilt (AD 330) as Constantinople and made the capital of the entire Roman Empire. Although not foreseen at the tim... Read more
Byzantine art and architecture
Byzantine art and architecture works of art and structures works produced in the city of Byzantium after Constantine made it the capital of the Roman Empire (AD 330) and the work done under Byzantine influence, as in Venice, Ravenna, Norman Sicily, as well as in Syria, Greece, Russia, and other Eas... Read more
Greek fire
Greek fire a flammable composition believed to have consisted of sulfur, naphtha, and quicklime. Although known in antiquity, it was first employed on a large scale by the Byzantines. Bronze tubes that emitted jets of liquid fire were mounted on the prows of their galleys and on the walls of Consta... Read more
Abd al-Malik
Abd al-Malik , c.646-705, 5th Umayyad caliph (685-705); son of Marwan I. At his accession, Islam was torn by dissension and threatened by the Byzantine Empire. With the help of his able general al-Hajjaj, Abd al-Malik overthrew the rival caliphs and united Islam. His battles with Byzantine forces ... Read more
Comnenus
Comnenus , family name of several Byzantine emperors— Isaac I , Alexius I , John II , Manuel I , Alexius II , and Andronicus I —who reigned in the 11th and 12th cent., and of the historian, Princess Anna Comnena . Though unable to turn back the forces that contributed to the eventu... Read more
Saint Gregory II
Saint Gregory II d. 731, pope (715-31), a Roman; successor of Constantine. When Byzantine Emperor Leo III tried to impose iconoclasm in Italy by an imperial edict, Gregory answered that the emperor could not decide tenets of faith. He was supported by a popular uprising directed at the exarch of ... Read more
Irene
Irene , c.750-803, Byzantine empress (797-802). She served (780-90) as regent for her son, Constantine VI , and later was made (792) joint ruler. Devoted to the Orthodox Church, she bent most of her efforts to suppressing iconoclasm . In 797 Irene had her son deposed and blinded, and she ascended ... Read more
Egon Wellesz
Egon Wellesz , 1885-1974, Austrian composer and musicologist. Wellesz studied with Schoenberg at the same time as Berg and Webern. His early compositions show the influence of Mahler, but the clarity and articulation that characterize his later works are already evident. He is the author of studies ... Read more
Ivan III
Ivan III or Ivan the Great, 1440-1505, grand duke of Moscow (1462-1505), creator of the consolidated Muscovite (Russian) state. He subjugated (1478) Great Novgorod , asserted his sway over Vyatka, Tver, Yaroslavl, Rostov-Suzdal, and other territories, and checked the eastward expansion of Lith... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Byzantine"

Byzantine art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Byzantine art and architecture works of art and...Empire (AD 330) and the work done under Byzantine influence, as in Venice, Ravenna...Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, Byzantine art retained a remarkably conservative...
Byzantine music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Byzantine music the music of the Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or...thought to be only a further development of ancient Greek music, Byzantine music is now regarded as an independent musical culture, with...
Byzantine Empire
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture BYZANTINE EMPIRE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Constantine I, the first Christian emperor of Rome (reigned...Istanbul), it was destined to be the capital of the later Roman or Byzantine Empire for eleven hundred years. The civilization of Constantinople...
Byzantine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Byzantine, the word used to designate the art...as Byzantium, by the Turks in 1453. Byzantine architecture is distinguished by its...x2019;; but the word ‘byzantine’ is also sometimes used...
Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Rulers of the Byzantine Empire Rulers of the Byzantine Empire Emperor (or Empress) Dates of Reign Constantine I (the Great) 330-37 Constantius 337-61 Julian (the Apostate) 361-63 Jovian 363-64 Valens 364-78 Theodosius I (the Great...
Byzantine rite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Byzantine rite see Orthodox Eastern Church .
Byzantium, Influence of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...distinctive features. Vladimir chose the Byzantine version, a decision with consequences...the nature and extent of Russia's Byzantine heritage has been controversial. Some...influenced by Byzantium: it simply was Byzantine, a local development from and within...
Paleologue, Sophia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...SOPHIA (d. 1503) niece of the last two Byzantine emperors and the second wife of Grand...through her dynastic status and promoted Byzantine symbolism and ceremony at the Russian...of Morea, the younger brother of the Byzantine emperors John VIII and Constantine IX...
Basil I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Basil I The Byzantine emperor Basil I (ca. 812-886...deeply split Church sentiments in the Byzantine Empire. For all his ruthless opportunism...Church independence from Rome and of the Byzantine orientation of the newly converted Bulgarian...
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...represented the culmination of the Italo-Byzantine style in Siena and created the foundation...represented the culmination of the Italo-Byzantine style of the 13th century in Siena...Cimabue, however, stamped their most Byzantine works with the marks of their personalities...

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Byzantine art
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Byzantine art Art produced in or under the influence of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire; the empire was founded in ad 330 by...overrun by barbarians in the 5th century the Byzantine empire became the great upholder of Christianity...
Byzantine architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Byzantine architecture. The Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, Empire, began with the foundation of Constantinople...and ended with its capture by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The Byzantine style began in the age of Justinian (527–65...
Byzantine
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Byzantine of or pertaining to the ancient city of Byzantium, or Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire in SE Europe and Asia Minor was formed...Trebizond (Trabzon) until 1461. The term Byzantine denotes something regarded as typifying the...
Neo-Byzantine
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Neo-Byzantine. Byzantine Revival, or a style incorporating certain Byzantine features, as in the C19 Rundbogenstil . Good examples of the Neo-Byzantine style are Beresford Pite 's Christ Church, Brixton Road, Lambeth, London (1898...
Byzantine empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Byzantine empire The eastern half of the Roman empire. Emperor CONSTANTINE (306...and wealth. While barbarian invaders overran the Western empire, the Byzantine emperors always hoped to defeat them and reunite the empire. Emperor...
The Islamic and Byzantine City
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas The Islamic and Byzantine City Islam first developed and spread in a region of the world where...Nile to Cairo and had reached the westernmost tip of Morocco. The Byzantine Empire, defenders of Orthodox Christianity, controlled much of...
Byzantine text
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Byzantine text The Greek text which was the basis of Erasmus' NT (1516) and so of the translators of the English AV of 1611. The name...
Byzantine Generals problem
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing Byzantine Generals problem The problem of devising an algorithm that will decide whether a collection of generals, who communicate using...
Byzantine text of the NT
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Byzantine text of the NT. The form of the Greek NT which became standard in the Greek-speaking Church; it is now generally known as the ‘Lucianic Text’ (q.v.).
Byzantine rite
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Byzantine rite. The liturgical rite of the E. Orthodox Church , so called because it was used in Constantinople (anciently the city of Byzantium).

Thesaurus entries related to "Byzantine"

involved
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...elaborate, confused, confusing, mixed up, jumbled, tangled, entangled, convoluted, knotty, tortuous, labyrinthine, Byzantine.   2. involved parties should declare themselves synonyms : implicated, incriminated, inculpated, associated...
intricate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...intricate plot synonyms : complex, complicated, convoluted, tangled, entangled, twisted; elaborate, ornate, detailed, baroque, delicate; involuted; bewildering, confusing, perplexing, labyrinthine, Byzantine; informal fiddly.
elaborate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : complicated, complex, intricate, involved; detailed, painstaking, careful; tortuous, convoluted, serpentine, Byzantine. antonyms: simple, plain.   2. an elaborate plasterwork ceiling synonyms : ornate, decorated, embellished...
knotty
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...knotty • adjective   1. a knotty problem synonyms : difficult, complicated, intricate, complex, Byzantine, thorny, perplexing, baffling, mystifying, obscure, unfathomable.   2. a knotty piece of wood synonyms...
complicated
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English complicated • adjective   synonyms : difficult, involved, intricate, complex, convoluted, perplexing, puzzling, enigmatic, cryptic, entangled, Byzantine. antonyms: easy; simple; straightforward.
renaissance
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus renaissance • noun  the renaissance of Byzantine art synonyms : revival, renewal, resurrection, reawakening, reemergence, rebirth, reappearance, resurgence, regeneration; formal renascence.
navel
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...does that mean Adam and Eve had no navels? synonyms : informal belly button; Anatomy umbilicus.   2. the navel of Byzantine culture synonyms : center, central point, hub, focal point, focus, nucleus, heart, core; literary omphalos.
convoluted
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...answers did nothing to help his credibility synonyms : complicated, complex, involved, elaborate, serpentine, labyrinthine, tortuous, tangled, Byzantine; confused, confusing, bewildering, baffling. antonym: straightforward.
architecture
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...build, anatomy, makeup; informal setup. Architectural Styles Art Deco Art Nouveau baroque Bauhaus beaux-arts brutalist Byzantine Carolingian Château Churrigueresque cinquecento classical colonial Corinthian Decorated Doric Early Christian Early...

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Byzantine Christianity
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Byzantine Christianity. Edited by Derek Kreuger...religious experiences and practices of Byzantine Christians. There is a need for a volume...M. Hussey The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, 1986) and George Ostrogorsky...
A Conversation in Byzantine Thrace: Mary Seyfarth puts many kinds of conversations into form and material.
Magazine article from: Ceramics Technical; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...International Symposium on Thracian Studies, Byzantine Thrace: Evidence and Remains held in...the symposium was the exhibition, Late Byzantine Pottery from Thrace: Reading the Excavation...curated by Demetra Bakirtzis, renowned Byzantine archaeologist, displayed four cases...
Theophylact of Ochrid. Reading the Letters of a Byzantine Archbishop
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Theophylact of Ochrid. Reading the Letters of a Byzantine Archbishop. By Margaret Mullett. [Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs, Volume 2...Mullett feels that there is a need to rescue Byzantine literature from the low esteem in which...
A History of the Byzantine State and Society.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; Treadgold, Warren A History of the Byzantine State and Society Stanford: Stanford...written a comprehensive history of the Byzantine state and society for the scholar, student...exhaustive and authoritative study of the Byzantine Empire that will become a standard reference...
Faith and power: the Metropolitan Museum's triptych of Byzantine exhibitions reaches its conclusion with an unparalleled overview of the art of the Palaiologan era. Angeliki Lymberopoulou celebrates a remarkable achievement.(Exhibitions)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Spirituality', dedicated to the early Byzantine period (324-843). This was followed...Byzantium', which focused on the middle Byzantine period (843-1261). 'Byzantium...show ever to celebrate the last phase of Byzantine culture. Two significant dates provide...
PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS LECTURE SERIES ON BYZANTINE ART
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/18/2007; 700+ words ; ...series featuring eight distinguished scholars of Byzantine art who will explore Byzantine culture illuminating the art and architecture...Marlboro Gallery. A variety of aspects related to Byzantine culture will be examined including the relationship...
Therapeutic methods used for otolaryngological problems during the byzantine period
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...and afronitron, was traced in the Byzantine medical treatises, mainly from the 4th...is presented clearly and in detail in Byzantine prescriptions related to otolaryngology. KEY WORDS - Byzantine otolaryngology, cancer, hearing loss...
Some Observations on the Influence of Byzantine Institutions on Ottoman Institutions.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Empire was an Islamized version of the Byzantine Empire. He implied that once one stops...was carried over directly from the Byzantine Empire. In individual sub-chapters...attributed to a direct borrowing from the Byzantine Empire, had also existed in pre-Ottoman...
Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100, by...cloth). Neville's Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950-1100 is a...synthesis and original interpretation of Byzantine internal conditions with respect to...
Internationally acclaimed Byzantine Choir of Utrecht to tour Canada
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 9/24/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...24-1995 Internationally acclaimed Byzantine Choir of Utrecht to tour Canada. In...stage, the internationally acclaimed Byzantine Choir of Utrecht, Holland, is an extraordinary...songs and ballads. In October, the Byzantine Choir will launch its 45th anniversary...