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  CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. an... - Online Information article about CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. an...
The cancellarius, who formed part of the royal court and administration, was officially known as' the sub-cancellarius in relation to the summus cancellarius, but as proto-cancellarius in regard to his subordinate cancellarii.
There were also a house, a court, and a state chancellor for the business of the imperial household and foreign affairs, who were not, however, the presidents of a board.
court) officers were in fact secretaries of the sovereign, and administrative or political rather than judicial in character, though the boards over which they presided controlled judicial as well as administrative affairs.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAU_CHA/CHANCELLOR_M_Eng_and_Anglo_Fr_c.html   (4760 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Voltaire Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He was introduced to a less questionable and even more distinguished coterie than Vendôme's, to the famous "court of Sceaux", the circle of the beautiful and ambitious duchesse du Maine.
His favour at court had naturally exasperated his enemies; it had not secured him any real friends, and even a gentlemanship of the chamber was no solid benefit, except from the money point of view.
He was received with immense rejoicings, not indeed directly by the court, but by the Academy, by society and by all the more important foreign visitors.
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 Voltaire
He, who had been for years admittedly the first writer in France, was at last elected to the Académie française in the spring of 1746.
His visiting espionage, or secret diplomatic mission, began in the summer of 1722 and he set out for it in company with a certain Madame de Rupelmonde, to whom he, as usual, made love, taught deism and served as an amusing travelling companion.
He was introduced to the famous "court of Sceaux", the circle of the beautiful and ambitious duchesse du Maine.
www.ftppro.com /library/Voltaire   (6188 words)

  
 ADDITIONS TO CAL BIBLIOG PART I
Le répertoire iconographique des sceaux araméens inscrits et son évolution.
In Studies in the Iconography of Northwest Semitic Inscribed Seals: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Fribourg on April 17-20, 1991.
Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh: Part I, Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon.
cal1.cn.huc.edu /bibliography/cal1addsfull.html   (4815 words)

  
 Heraldry Books
Also 1,200 shields illustrated from De Raadt's "Sceaux Armories des Pays-Bas".
Includes Records of the Court of Chivalry, Appointments & behaviour of Heralds, Coronations, Ceremonials, etc. Bound original maroon cloth, gilt.
A marvellous reproduction of an 18th century Manuscript with 972 arms reproduced in colour on 108 plates of families of Lombardy.
www.heraldrytoday.co.uk /heraldry_books.htm   (8072 words)

  
 Basic Bibliography for Byzantine Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Miscellaneous collection of Byzantine texts (letters, funeral orations, court documents, etc.).
Best known for v.4-5 which contain works by Psellos found nowhere else.
Laurent, V. Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzantin.
www.library.nd.edu /byzantine_studies/bibliography.shtml   (2104 words)

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