ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES

ănthēˈmēəs, trălˈēz, fl. 6th cent., Greek architect, engineer, and mathematician. By order of Emperor Justinian and with the aid of Isidorus of Miletus, he built (532–37) the magnificent church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

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Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology
Book by Lance Day, Ian Mcneil; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: Inventions--History--Dictionaries, Inventors--Biography--Dictionaries, Technology--History--Dictionaries
...Empire in the fifth century AD Tralles remained a part of the Byzantine...Anthemios was one of the great sons of Tralles and was probably educated in Alexandria...Reading G.L. Huxley, 1959 , Anthemius of Tralles: A Study in Later Greek Geometry...
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History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian - Vol. 2
Book by J. B. Bury; Dover Publications, 1958
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...Alaric, 181 ; his regency, 212 sqq. Anthemius, Emperor, son-in-law of Marcian...pagan leanings, 339 ; death, 340 Anthemius, consul in A.D. 515, 429 Anthemius of Tralles, architect, ii. 49 sqq. Anthimus...
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Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science - Vol. 2
Book by Roshdi Rashed, RÉgis Morelon; Routledge, 1996
Subjects: Science--Arab Countries--History--Encyclopedias
...Kindi returns to the problem of Anthemius of Tralles: the construction of a system...runs into the difficulty met by Anthemius, and the rays considered reflect...much more perfected than that of Anthemius. Thus, starting with a regular...
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The History of Medieval Europe
Book by Lynn Thorndike, James T. Shotwell; Houghton Mifflin, 1917
Subjects: Europe--History, Middle Ages--History
...sculptors, 601 Ansbach, 540 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 293 , 380 Anselm of Laon, 380 -81 Anthemius, praetorian prefect, 80 Anthemius of Tralles, 129 Anthropology, 3 - 5 , 9 Antichrist, 549 , 564 Antioch, 23 , 143 , 150 , 308 , 316...
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Justinian and His Age
Book by P. N. Ure; Penguin Books, 1951
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History--Justinian I, 527-565, Justinian--I--Emperor Of The East--483?-565
...adventurous engineers. The names of these architects were Anthemius of Tralles, a city some thirty miles inland from Ephesus...monument to their genius. Procopius justly calls Anthemius the man most learned in what is called mechanical...
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Introduction
Journal article; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Light


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Anthemius of Tralles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES anthe me s, tral ez, fl. 6th cent., Greek architect, engineer, and mathematician. By order of Emperor Justinian and with...
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Isidorus of Miletus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...OF MILETUS izidor s, mile t s, name of two architects of the time of Justinian. The elder was associated with Anthemius of Tralles in rebuilding Hagia Sophia, a.d. 532 37; the younger rebuilt the churchs dome after its destruction by earthquake...
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Hagia Sophia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which is entirely fireproof, was built in 532 37 by Emperor Justinian from designs of his imperial architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus . As a result of severe earthquakes, the dome collapsed in 558, but it was rebuilt by...


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