BEZANT  or BYZANT (from See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium, the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople), originally a See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin which had a wide circulation throughout See also:

• EUROPE

Europe up to about 1250 . Its See also:

• AVERAGE

average value was about nine shillings . Bezants were also issued in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . See also:

• SILVER

Silver bezants, in value from one to two shillings, were in circulation in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in the 13th and 14th centuries . In Wycliffe's See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible he uses the word for a " See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent " (e.g. in See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke xv . 8) . In See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry, bezants are represented by gold circles on the See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield, and were introduced by the crusaders . BEZANT$E, in See also:

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

architecture, a name given to an ornamented moulding much used in the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, resembling the coins (bezants) struck in Byzantium .