John the Lydian
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Lydus, Ioannes Laurentius Lydus
6th-century Byzantine administrator and antiquarian scholar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- medieval Greek
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- writing language
- medieval Greek
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of birth
- 0490-01-01
- date of death
- 0600-00-00
- name in native language
- Ἰωάννης ὁ Λυδός
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Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to John the Lydian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
De mensibus, de magistratibus, de ostentis
Ioannis Laurentii Lydi Liber de ostentis, ex codicibus italicis auctus : accedunt anecdota duo de cometis et de terrae motibus
Joannis Laurentii Lydi liber de ostentis ex codicibus italicis auctus et calendaria graeca omnia : Ed. Curtius Wachsmuth. Accedunt anecdota duo de cometis et de terrae motibus
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