Bessarion
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Bessarion was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the revival of letters in the 15th century. He was educated b
Wood engraving from Bibliotheca chalcographica, B1
Portrait of Bessarion, 16th century
Tomb of Bessarion in the Santi Apostoli, Rome.
Cardinal Bessarion's Coat of Arms, from a 15th c. codex at Bodleian Library (Manuscript Holkham gr. 79). Features two arms (East and West) holding a Cross, crescent and star symbols over the Cross, a red Cardinal's hat on the top, and decorative tassels.
Trabzon
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Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Historically known as Trebizond, the city was founded in 756 BC as Trapezous by Greek colonists fro
Bessarion
…mistakenly known also as Johannes Bessarion (Italian: Giovanni Bessarione) due to an erroneous interpretation of Gregory III Mammas. Bessarion was born in Trebizond, the Black Sea port in northeastern Anatolia that was the heart of Pontic Greek culture and civilization during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. The…
Trebisonda, ex chiesa della panagia Chrysokephalos, oggi moschea fatih, esterno 01
Atatürkköskü panoramio
Uzungöl, Trabzon
Hagia Sophia Trabzon