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"Notes". Finding the Right Words: Isidore's Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, , pp.
(). Notes. In Finding the Right Words: Isidore's Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England (pp. ). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Notes. Finding the Right Words: Isidore's Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp.
"Notes" In Finding the Right Words: Isidore's Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England, Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
Notes. In: Finding the Right Words: Isidore's Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; p
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Isidore of Miletus
5th-century Byzantine Greek architect and mathematician
Isidore of Miletus (Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μιλήσιος; Medieval Greek pronunciation:[iˈsiðorosomiˈlisios]; Latin: Isidorus Miletus) was one of the two main Byzantine Greekmathematician, physicist and architects (Anthemius of Tralles was the other)[1] that Emperor Justinian inom commissioned to design the cathedralHagia Sophia in Constantinople from to He was born c. AD.[2] The creation of an important compilation of Archimedes' works has been attributed to him.[3] The spurious Book XV from Euclid's Elements has been partly attributed to Isidore of Miletus.[4]
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[edit]Isidore of Miletus was a renowned forskare and mathematician before Emperor Justinian I hired him. Isidorus taught stereometry and physics at the universities of Alexandria and then of Constantinople, and wrote a commentary on an older treatise on vaulting.[5]Eutoci
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Today marks years since of the death of Isidore of Seville (c), the famous sixth-/seventh-century Spanish archbishop and scholar. As a diverse writer, who synthesized ideas from the late antique world (including both pagan and Christian authors), his works were significant, influential, and highly popular touchstones for medieval thinkers. This British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog post highlights some of his work. For the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Clement VIII canonized him in , and he was declared a Doctor of the Church in In the twenty-first century, people might know Isidore as the patron saint of the internetalong with computer users, computer technicians, programmers, and students.
Isidore, his works, and their afterlife represent a fusion of several things that I love: a bridge between cultures (late antique and medieval periods), encyclopedic knowledge, and the possibilities of information transmission across the longue durée of media history. As