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Nicephorus Gregoras, the Glossary

Nicephorus Gregoras (Greek: Νικηφόρος Γρηγορᾶς, Nikēphoros Grēgoras; c. 1295 – 1360) was a Byzantine Greek astronomer, historian, and theologian.^[1]

Andronikos II Palaiologos

Andronikos II Palaiologos (Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.

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Andronikos III Palaiologos (Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341), commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341.

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Anna of Savoy

Anna of Savoy, born Giovanna (1306–1365), was a Byzantine Empress consort, as the second spouse of Andronikos III Palaiologos.

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Arsenius of Tyre

Arsenius (Ἀρσένιος), was an Eastern Orthodox prelate and theologian.

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Astrolabe

An astrolabe (ἀστρολάβος,; ٱلأَسْطُرلاب; ستاره‌یاب) is an astronomical instrument dating to ancient times.

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August Immanuel Bekker

August Immanuel Bekker (21 May 17857 June 1871) was a German philologist and critic.

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Barlaam of Seminara

Barlaam of Seminara (Bernardo Massari, as a layman), c. 1290–1348, or Barlaam of Calabria (Βαρλαὰμ Καλαβρός) was a Basilian monk, theologian and humanistic scholar born in southern Italy. Nicephorus Gregoras and Barlaam of Seminara are anti-Hesychasm.

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Byzantine science

Scientific scholarship during the Byzantine Empire played an important role in the transmission of classical knowledge to the Islamic world and to Renaissance Italy, and also in the transmission of Islamic science to Renaissance Italy.

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Chartophylax

A chartophylax (χαρτοφύλαξ, from χάρτα, "document" and φύλαξ, "guard, keeper"), sometimes also referred to as a chartoularios, was an ecclesiastical officer in charge of official documents and records in the Greek Orthodox Church in Byzantine times.

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Chora Church

The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque (Kariye Camii) is a former church, now converted to a mosque (for the second time), in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Easter

Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.

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George Pachymeres

George Pachymeres (Geórgios Pachyméris; 1242 – 1310) was a Byzantine Greek historian, philosopher, music theorist and miscellaneous writer. Nicephorus Gregoras and George Pachymeres are 14th-century Byzantine historians.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Gregory Palamas

Gregory Palamas (Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς; – 1359) was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period. Nicephorus Gregoras and Gregory Palamas are 14th-century Greek educators, 14th-century Greek philosophers and 14th-century Greek writers.

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Heraclea Pontica

Heraclea Pontica (Hērákleia Pontikḗ), known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea (Pontohērakleia), was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus.

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Hesychast controversy

The Hesychast controversy was a theological dispute in the Byzantine Empire during the 14th century between supporters and opponents of Gregory Palamas.

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History of the Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire's history is generally periodised from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD.

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History of theology

The history of theology has manifestations in many different cultures and religious traditions.

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Jacques Paul Migne

Jacques Paul Migne (25 October 1800 – 24 October 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias, and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a universal library for the Catholic priesthood.

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Jean Boivin the Younger

Jean Boivin the Younger or Jean Boivin de Villeneuve (1 September 1663 in Montreuil-l'Argillé – 29 October 1726 in Paris) was a French writer, scholar and translator.

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John VI Kantakouzenos

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Johannes Cantacuzenus; – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. Nicephorus Gregoras and John VI Kantakouzenos are 14th-century Byzantine historians.

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Karl Krumbacher

Karl Krumbacher (23 September 1856 – 12 December 1909) was a German scholar who was an expert on Byzantine Greek language, literature, history and culture.

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Ludwig Schopen

Ludwig Schopen (17 October 1799, in Düsseldorf – 22 November 1867, in Bonn) was a German classical philologist and Byzantinist.

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Medieval Greek

Medieval Greek (also known as Middle Greek, Byzantine Greek, or Romaic) is the stage of the Greek language between the end of classical antiquity in the 5th–6th centuries and the end of the Middle Ages, conventionally dated to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453.

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Odysseus

In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (Odyseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.

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Patrologia Graeca

The Patrologia Graeca (PG, or Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca) is an edited collection of writings by the Church Fathers and various secular writers, in the Greek language.

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Pope Gregory XIII

Pope Gregory XIII (Gregorius XIII; Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585.

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Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII (Ioannes PP.; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death, in December 1334.

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Synesius

Synesius of Cyrene (Συνέσιος; c. 373 – c. 414) was a Greek bishop of Ptolemais in ancient Libya, a part of the Western Pentapolis of Cyrenaica after 410.

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Theodore Metochites

Theodore Metochites (Θεόδωρος Μετοχίτης; 1270–1332) was a Byzantine Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts. Nicephorus Gregoras and Theodore Metochites are 14th-century Byzantine historians, 14th-century Greek astronomers, 14th-century Greek educators, 14th-century Greek philosophers and 14th-century Greek scientists.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicephorus_Gregoras

Also known as Gregoras Nicephorus, Nicephoros Gregoras, Nikephoros Gregoras.

Nicephorus Gregoras, the Glossary

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1295 births

14th-century Byzantine historians

14th-century Byzantine scientists

14th-century Greek astronomers

14th-century Greek educators

14th-century Greek philosophers

14th-century Greek scientists

14th-century Greek writers

Anti-Hesychasm

Byzantine astronomers

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