Comnenus
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Those with a more curious eye for the romantic characters of history recalled Alexius Comnenus, fugitive of the fourth crusade, imaginative, able 22-year-old knight-errant who crowned himself king of the land.
From Time Magazine Archive
The third manuscript was an immense quarto Evangelistarium sixteen inches square, bound in faded green or blue velvet, and said to be in the autograph of the Emperor Alexius Comnenus.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert
Alexius Comnenus found himself, in 1081, placed in a position almost as difficult and perilous as that which Leo the Isaurian faced in 716.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
The successful rebellion of Isaac Comnenus pointed to the possibility of a general breaking up of the Byzantine dominion into fragments, a danger that had never appeared before.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
Comnenus probably brought over, and left to his descendants, the inheritance of this craft.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
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