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	Bezant - LoveToKnow 1911
		BEZANT or Byzant (from Byzantium, the modern Constantinople), originally a Byzantine gold coin which had a wide circulation throughout Europe up to about 1250.
		Silver bezants, in value from one to two shillings, were in circulation in England in the 13th and 14th centuries.
		In heraldry, bezants are represented by gold circles on the shield, and were introduced by the crusaders.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bezant (94 words)

	Bezant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bezants is a medieval name for gold coins.
		Gold coins were not minted in early medieval Europe with silver and bronze being the currency of choice, but they did circulate there in small numbers, originating from the Mediterranean region, in particular Islamic and Byzantine gold coins were highly prized.
		These gold coins were commonly called bezants, taken from the word Byzantium, the Latinized form of the original Greek name (Βυζάντιον or "Byzántion") of the capital, Constantinople, where the gold coins typically came from and were associated with.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bezant (186 words)

	Guardian \| Grey area
		The story of Bezant would be intriguing at any time, but it has particular resonance right now, coming so soon after a story of another couple desperate for children.
		Bezant, who lives in Oxfordshire, became pregnant after three eggs from a donor woman were fertilised, two of which were successfully implanted into her womb.
		Bezant may have the best motives in the world for adding to her family at this late stage; she may be a fit, healthy 56-year-old who will be around not only to see her twins through their childhood, but to see their children too.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4121868-103680,00.html (1846 words)

	BBC News \| HEALTH \| Doctor defends IVF for 56-year-old
		It is understood Mrs Bezant, and her husband Derek, 55, who have three grown up children, will become parents of twins in the spring.
		It is thought Mrs Bezant could become the oldest woman in the UK to have twins.
		Eggs from a donor woman were implanted into Mrs Bezant's womb and a blood test three weeks later showed she was pregnant.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/1130579.stm (733 words)

	BEZANT - Online Information article about BEZANT
		Silver bezants, in value from one to two shillings, were in circulation in See also:
		Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel.
		period, resembling the coins (bezants) struck in Byzantium.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BER_BLA/BEZANT.html (279 words)

	Guardian \| Doctor defends pregnant woman, 56
		Mrs Bezant and her husband Derek, 55, from Oxfordshire, are expecting the babies in June.
		Mr Bezant, a civil servant, underwent a vasectomy to prevent his wife suffering further trauma having given birth to stillborn twins and suffering two miscarriages 20 years ago, but the couple regretted the decision.
		But the Bezants had to wait more than two years for treatment because egg donors preferred to help younger couples.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4121986-103690,00.html (457 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Woman has twins at 56
		Lynn Bezant, from Croughton in Northamptonshire, gave birth to the boy and girl by Caesarean section on Thursday.
		Mrs Bezant, who already has three adult children with her husband Derek, received donor eggs last year which had been fertilised with her husband's sperm.
		Mrs Bezant is not the oldest woman to have become a mother in recent years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1352903.stm (381 words)

	The Scotsman - Business - Billionaire loses sex claim
		Dr Bezant was employed as marketing director for Wadhurst Park Estates Ltd, while her husband was the estate’s managing director for 22 years.
		But yesterday the tribunal, in Ashford, Kent, decided that Dr Bezant should receive compensation after the company conceded that for commercial reasons she had been discriminated against because she was Mr Bezant’s wife.
		Dr Bezant - a doctor of philosophy - and her husband, who are also appealing against the decision to reject their unfair dismissal claims, said they had won a "moral victory".
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /business.cfm?id=1059932002 (386 words)

	Observer \| Doctor defends mother at 56
		He argued that Lynn Bezant and her husband Derek, 56, from Croughton, Northants, would make wonderful parents.
		Mrs Bezant gave birth to stillborn twins in 1977 and had a miscarriage three years later.
		The non-identical twins were said to be in the hospital's Special Baby Care Unit being fed through tubes in their noses because of their tiny size.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4193541-102285,00.html (351 words)

	Chapter Bezant <i>to</i> Bice of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		Chapter Bezant to Bice of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign.
		A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1193/22062/1.html (269 words)

	Ancestor Guide: Bezant Homepages
		Bezant Search at Genealogy.com - Access online data collections and CDs for vital historical records to fill the gap in your family tree research.
		Bezant Matches in the U.S. Immigration Collection - Discover your immigrant ancestors' homelands and learn the details of their journeys to America.
		Bezant Message Board at GenForum - Get in touch with other researchers from all over the world at GenForum, a part of the Community area at Genealogy.com.
	ancestorguide.com /find.cgi?terms=BEZANT (367 words)

	Acorn Interiors
		Colin Bezant has been a Cabinet Maker for all of his working life (over 30 years), with particular emphasis on the production of handmade fitted kitchens.
		His workshop is located near Kidwelly in South Wales, but this has not proved limiting to his customer base; allowing him undertake commissions throughout the south and west of England.
		All the work is carried out by Colin with his stepson Mark, this includes fitting and, more importantly, the design and consultancy work.
	www.acorninteriors.co.uk (214 words)

	Submission Returns by Name - Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane
		Sable, a pithon erect to sinister, its dexter wing inverted and sinister wing elevated, argent.
		For the purposes of DR10, it is difficult to deny that the roundel, which is as simple geometrically as a cross or pale and is almost universally categorized as a sub-ordinary, should be considered equivalent to an ordinary.
		However, this does not resolve the problems for this device for the contrast is unacceptable between the bezant and the tertiary charge, which is largely a coppery colour with only a central blob of blue and a sort of "orle" of green running inside its outer edge.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/precedents/AlisounRet.html (18835 words)

	Fed Exhibit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The bezant, a coin modeled after Muslim gold dinars, circulated in the Crusader states.
		Because of its Muslim legends, the coin was replaced by the bezant staurat, depicting a Christian cross, but an Arabic inscription.
		By 1270, it was replaced by a bezant with a Latin inscription and the Lamb of God.
	numismatics.org /exhibits/DrachmasDoubloonsDollars/cases/case04.D.html (177 words)

	Gold standard - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Roman mints were fantastically active — the Romans minted, and circulated, millions of coins during the course of the Republic and the Empire.
		After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the exhaustion of the gold mines in Europe, the Byzantine empire continued to mint successor coins to the solidus called the nomisma or bezant.
		They were forced to mix more and more base metal with the gold until, by the turn of the millennium, the coinage in circulation was only 25% gold by weight.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/o/l/Gold_standard.html (7237 words)

	Apple - Games - Playing With Fire
		In contrast, Kevin Bezant, one of the designers who worked on Feral Interactive’s helicopter simulator Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs. Hokum for developer Razorworks, says that the game’s campaigns “were based on potential flash points.
		The campaigns in the game are open-ended, each featuring a series of smaller battles that you can view through the mission planning screen, with events dictated by the computer-controlled vehicles’ actions.
		Bezant says that “the campaigns will play differently every time.
	www.apple.com /games/articles/2004/11/playingwithfire (938 words)

	self-catering holiday cottage Fistral Beach, Pentire, Newquay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The cottage is located in prestigious Bezant Place, Pentire, Newquay, England close to Fistral Beach (world-famous as the premier beach in Europe for surfing and surfing competitions).
		If you are looking for Bezant Place on the map that accompanies the official Newquay Accommodation Guide for 2004 it is located in cell F7.
		Some of the older maps have not been updated yet, and do not show Bezant Place as it is a relatively new road.
	www.fistral.net (2064 words)

	Anecdotes of Wilfrid Edward Bezant (1904-1980): Fifth Instalment
		And the kid who choked in the middle of “All Through the Night” on stage at Parent’s Night writes little reminiscences with titles like “Growing Up in a Shoebox.” Yes, he was there.
		Ron Bezant (at one time known by his playmates as Bee's Aunt, Peasant, and Pee Pants) served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1953 until unification in 1968, and then in the Canadian Armed Forces air element until he resigned in 1982.
		Having been "orphaned" in Canada on the paternal side, he strove to discover his roots and managed to assemble a family tree consisting of over 700 characters, many of whom passed away in English insane asylums.
	www.senioryears.com /shoebox.html (1256 words)

	Baltic Ferry, Nordic Ferry, Contender Bezant, Geestport, British Avon, Wessex in British Task Force Movements - ...
		Contender Bezant, Capt A MacKinnon and NP 2050, Lt Cmdr D H N Yates RN Geestport, Capt G F Foster and NP 1920, Second Offr R Bourne RFA
		These included three RO-RO's - from Devonport, ferry "St. Edmund" in the transport role, and container ship "Contender Bezant" as an aircraft and helicopter carrier with RAF and Navy helicopters as well as her own Wasps for supply duties and self-defence, and from Southampton, cargo ship "Tor Caledonia" with vehicles and Rapier missiles.
		The fourth to leave was refrigerated stores ship "Geestport" from Portsmouth loaded mainly with food.
	www.naval-history.net /F39weekeight.htm (732 words)

	Kelsey Museum
		Bronze coins were most common, but these corrode easily and survive in poor condition.
		Constantine reformed the Roman coinage system, in response to inflation (reflected in the debasement of metals used in coinage), introducing the solidus (called nomisma in later Byzantine times; known in the medieval western world as the "bezant") and its fractional denominations.
		Change could be made by cutting a coin into smaller pieces when smaller denominations were not available.
	www.umich.edu /~kelseydb/Exhibits/Byzantium/KelseyMuseum.html (822 words)

	Newquay Crantock Holiday Cottages - Bezant Green @ Chycor Cornwall
		The cottages have been sympathetically styled and constructed on traditional Cornish fisherman’s cottages.
		Arranged around the green complete with hand-crafted children’s play fishing boat this is a haven.
		An idyllic setting away from the stresses of everyday life, with the pace set to slow; Bezant Green Cottages are stylish home from homes and make the perfect base for any holiday in Cornwall.
	www.chycor.co.uk /newquay-crantock-holiday-cottages-bezant/index.htm (510 words)

	OEDILF - Word Lookup
		And gave thanks to the Lord for His present.
		A bezant (BEH-zunt, or buh-ZANT), also solidus (SOL-id-us), was a gold coin from the Roman Empire, used in Europe through the Middle Ages.
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	www.oedilf.com /db/Lim.php?Word=bezant (129 words)

	Enemy Engaged: Interview with Kevin Bezant of Razorworks
		Enemy Engaged: Interview with Kevin Bezant of Razorworks
		An interview with Kevin Bezant of Razorworks, with assistance from Dave Lomas (AI) and Todd Gibbs (flight models).
		Please note that the terrain and buildings are still work-in-progress.
	www.combatsim.com /review.php?id=650 (2862 words)

	All entries for the name BEZANT held within the Gravestone Photographic Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		All entries for the name BEZANT held within the Gravestone Photographic Resource
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	www.gravestonephotos.com /findfamily.php?name=Bezant (314 words)

	Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Rising Used of birds when rising, but not for beasts or monsters (see issuant).
		Can be called a bezant when Or, plate when Argent, hurt when Azure, torteau when Gules, pellet when Sable, and pomme when Vert.
		Saltire The Ordinary, depicted in the form of a St Andrew's Cross.
	www.ceu.hu /medstud/manual/SRM/gloss.htm (6563 words)

	bezant - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com
		We found no French translation for 'bezant' in our English to French Dictionary.
		Or did you want to translate 'bezant' from French to English?
		Forum discussions with the word(s) 'bezant' in the title:
	www.wordreference.com /enfr/bezant (57 words)

	Laura Bezant
		Slim and elegant handcrafted silver cigarette boxes with gold inlay
		Central Saint Martins Graduate Laura Bezant takes cult references such as Manga illustration, graffiti and Peter Greenaway’s film ‘The Pillow Book’ and transposes them into covetable jewellery.
		She juxtaposes words laser cut from leather with hand pierced silver butterflies to create designs that are edgy yet feminine.
	www.artshole.co.uk /laurabezant.htm (225 words)

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