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The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Quarter Century of Collecting: Drawings Given to The Art Institute of Chicago 1944-1970 by Margaret Day Blake,” April 28-June 7, 1970, n.p., cat. 1 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago, “Italian Drawings in The Art Institute,” 1979, pp. 20-21, cat. 2, by Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh ...
John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448) was the penultimate Byzantine emperor. Ruling from 1425 to 1448, he attempted, and failed, to bring about the reunification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches and prioritized the ...
- 21 July 1425 –, 31 October 1448
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Title: Sketches of the Emperor John VIII Palaeologus, a Monk, and a Scabbard Creator: Antonio Pisano , called Pisanello (Italian, about 1395–about 1455) Date Created: 1438
John VIII Palaeologus (born December 17/18, 1392—died October 31, 1448, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]) was a Byzantine emperor who spent his reign appealing to the West for help against the final assaults by the Ottoman Turks on the Byzantine Empire. Son of Manuel II Palaeologus, John was crowned coemperor with his ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 3, 2017 · Eastern scholars have long accused John VIII Palaiologos of sacrificing the faith for temporal gain when he oversaw the Union of Florence. Westerners have blamed him for the union's ultimate failure. These competing narratives both err by too sharply differentiating between religion and politics, and allowing the opinions of John's contemporary ...
- Jacob N. Van Sickle
- 2017
John VIII Palaiologos (1425–1448) John VIII was the son of emperor Manuel Palaiologos and the penultimate emperor of Byzantium. He is also the final emperor represented in the seals collection at Dumbarton Oaks. The empire that John ruled was but a shadow of its former self. Two years before he came to the throne, Thessaloniki had been given ...
"John VIII Palaiologos" published on by null. (1392–1448),Emperor of Byzantium. He was made co-emperor before 1408, regent and emperor-designate (αὐ̑τοκράτωρ) on 19 January 1421, and emperor in mid-1425, in succession to his father Manuel II.
