About Manuel Bryennios
Lived 1275 – 1340 (aged 64–65). Manuel Bryennios was a Byzantine astronomer, music theorist, composer, astrologer, writer and musicologist.
Manuel Bryennios or Bryennius (; c. 1275 – c. 1340) was a Byzantine scholar who flourished in Constantinople about 1300 teaching astronomy, mathematics and music theory.
His only surviving work is the Harmonika (Greek: Ἁρμονικά), which is a three-volume codification of Byzantine musical scholarship based on the classical Greek works of Ptolemy, Nicomachus, and the Neopythagorean authors on the numerological theory of music. One of Bryennios's students was Theodore Metochites, the grand logothete during the reign of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1272–1328). Metochites studied astronomy under Bryennios.
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Who was Manuel Bryennios?
Byzantine astronomer
When was Manuel Bryennios born?
Manuel Bryennios was born in 1275 in Constantinople.
When did Manuel Bryennios die?
Manuel Bryennios died in 1340.
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Manuel Bryennios was an astronomer, music theorist, composer, astrologer, writer and musicologist.
What nationality was Manuel Bryennios?
Manuel Bryennios was Byzantine.
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