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CYRILLUS , See also:

Greek jurist of the 5th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, was See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor in the See also:

ancient See also:

law See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Berytus, and one of the founders of the See also:

OECUMENICAL (through the Lat. from Gr. oiKOVµevI.KOS, universal, belonging to the whole inhabited world, i] oiKovµtvf sc. y;7, aides, to dwell)

oecumenical school of jurists (rijs otKovµAVns &&acKalwt) which preceded the See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of See also:

ANASTASIUS

Anastasius to the Eastern See also:

EMPIRE

empire (A.D. 491), and paved the way for Justinian's legislation. His reputation as a teacher of law was very See also:

GREAT

great; and from the fragments of his See also:

WORKS

works which have been preserved it may be inferred that his merit as a teacher consisted in his going See also:

DIRECT

direct to the ancient See also:

SOURCES

sources of law, and in interpreting the best writers, such as the commentary of See also:

ULPIAN (DoMrrIus ULPIANUS)

Ulpian on the See also:

EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict and the Responsa Papiniani. He wrote a See also:

TREATISE

treatise on See also:

DEFINITIONS

definitions (inroµvrlµa r&v be4avirwv), in which, according to a statement of his See also:

con-temporary Patricius, the subject of contracts was treated with See also:

SUPERIOR

superior precision and great method, and which has supplied the materials for many important scholia appended to the first and second titles of the See also:

ELEVENTH

eleventh See also:

BOOK

book of the See also:

BASILICA

Basilica. He is generally styled " the great," to distinguish him from a more See also:

MODERN

modern jurist of the same name, who lived after the reign of Justinian, and who compiled an See also:

epitome of the See also:

DIGEST

Digest. CYRTO-See also:

STYLE (Gr. 'wore's, See also:

CONVEX

convex, and vr8Xos, See also:

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column), in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a circular projecting See also:

PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico with columns; like those of the See also:

TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept entrances of St See also:

Paul's See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral and the western entrance of St See also:

Mary-le-Strand, See also:

LONDON

London.

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