De Ceremoniis (full title: De Ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae) is a work of compilation produced for the Byzantine emperorConstantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959), and partially revised or updated under Nikephoros II Phokas (963-969), perhaps under the direction of Basil the Nothos, or Parakoimomenos. It describes ceremonial procedures, often in minute detail, from the perspective of court officials, and addresses other matters insofar as they affected the day-to-day rhythm of life in Constantinople. This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Constantine and his mother Zoë. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (the Purple-born) (905 – November 9, 959) was the son of Byzantine emperor Leo VI and nephew of Alexander III. He earned his nickname as the legitimate (or more accurately legitimized) son of Leo, as opposed to the others who claimed the... Events The Shiite Fatimid state in modern day Tunisia launches a failed military campaign against Egypt Births Deaths Eadwulf, Anglo-Saxon Earl of Bernicia who ruled the land north of the Tees Alexander III of Byzantium Categories: 913 ... Events October 1 - Edwy, king of England dies and is succeeded by his brother Edgar. ... “Nicephorus Phocas†redirects here. ... Events Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats Mieszko I of Poland, compels him to pay tribute Luxembourg is founded, and the Belgium area becomes part of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. ... Events December 11 - John I becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. ... This article is about the city before the Fall of Constantinople (1453). ...
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Partial translation of Book 1 and 2 by P. Stephenson
de anima, stiffly denies it; substantiæ separatæ and intelligences, are the same which Christians call angels, and Platonists devils, for they name all the spirits, dæmones, be they good or bad angels, as Julius Pollux Onomasticon, lib.
Paracelsus de vita longa, out of some Platonists, will have the air to be as full of them as snow falling in the skies, and that they may be seen, and withal sets down the means how men may see them; Si irreverberatis oculis sole splendente versus clum continuaverint obtutus, andc.
Tritemius in his book de septem secundis, assigns names to such angels as are governors of particular provinces, by what authority I know not, and gives them several jurisdictions.
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