The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 700
... Greek power , Trebizond , fell to the Turks in 1461 . Byzantine Greek language , an archaic style of Greek that served as the language of admin- istration and of most writing during the period of the Byzantine , or Eastern Roman ...
... Greek power , Trebizond , fell to the Turks in 1461 . Byzantine Greek language , an archaic style of Greek that served as the language of admin- istration and of most writing during the period of the Byzantine , or Eastern Roman ...
Page 749
... Greek writing . Early Greek forms of hand- writing ( up to about the 8th century AD ) are chiefly of two functional types : the sort of writing used to copy books and that used for documents or letters . The book hands ( tra- ditionally ...
... Greek writing . Early Greek forms of hand- writing ( up to about the 8th century AD ) are chiefly of two functional types : the sort of writing used to copy books and that used for documents or letters . The book hands ( tra- ditionally ...
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... Greek collection above mentioned . The collection thus formed , together with 22 canons of the Council of Nicaea ( 787 ) , became the official canon law of the Greek and subsequently of the Russian church . In the West , even local ...
... Greek collection above mentioned . The collection thus formed , together with 22 canons of the Council of Nicaea ( 787 ) , became the official canon law of the Greek and subsequently of the Russian church . In the West , even local ...
Contents
Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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