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John Skylitzes
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John Skylitzes (1040–1110) was a male historian and writer from the Byzantine Empire. He composed his works in medieval Greek. His notable writings include *John Skylitzes: a Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057* and *A Synopsis Of Byzantine History 8111057*.
Records indicate he is associated with three to five works. His writings are referenced by 372 other encyclopedia articles. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- John Skylitzes
- John Skylitzes : a Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811-1057
- A Synopsis Of Byzantine History 8111057
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,644x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,923x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,594x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,138x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “οἶδε γὰρ ἡ ἀνάγνωσις ἀνάμνησιν ἐμποιεῖν, ἡ δ᾽ ἀνάμνησις τρέφειν καὶ μεγαλύνειν τὴν μνήμην, ὥσπερ τουναντίον ἡ ἀμέλεια καὶ ῥαστώνη ἐπιφέρειν ἀμνηστίαν, ἦτινι πάντως ἕπεται λήθη ἀμαυροῦσα καὶ συγχέουσα τὴν μνήμην τῶν πεπραγμένων.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to John Skylitzes, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Historiarum Compendium : Quod incipiens à Nicephori Imperatoris, à Genicis obitu, ad Imperium Isaaci Comneni pertinet. Cum locupletissimo Indice ...
Geōrgiu tu Kedrēnu synopsis istoriōn : ex versione Guillelmi Xylandri cum ejusdem annotationibus = Georgii Cedreni compendium historiarum
Historiarum Compendium : Quod incipiens à Nicephori Imperatoris, à Genicis obitu, ad Imperium Isaaci Comneni pertinet. Cum locupletissimo Indice ...
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Varangian Guardsmen, an illumination from the 11th century chronicle of John Skylitzes. Depiction of Greek fire in the Madrid Skylitzes
John Skylitzes, commonly Latinized as Ioannes Scylitzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Σκυλίτζης, romanized: Iōánnēs Skylítzēs, Byzantine Greek: [i.oˈa.nis sc̠iˈlit.t͡sis]; Latin: Ioannes Scyllitzes, Latin: [jɔˈan.ne̝s sk̟ilˈlit̪.d͡ze̝s]; early 1040s – after 1101), was a Byzantine historian of the late 11th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Skylitzes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.