Manuel Bryennios
Manuel Bryennios or Bryennius (c. 1275 – c. 1340) was a Byzantine scholar who flourished in Constantinople about 1300 teaching astronomy, mathematics and music theory.
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Manuel Bryennios
- Born
- c. 1275
- Died
- c. 1340
- Field
- * Astronomy
- Nationality
- Byzantine Empire
- Occupation
- astronomer · music theorist · composer · astrologer · writer · musicologist
- Teachers
- Grigorios Choniades
- Languages
- medieval Greek
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Manuel Bryennios or Bryennius (c. 1275 – c. 1340) was a Byzantine scholar who flourished in Constantinople about 1300 teaching astronomy, mathematics and music theory.
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His only surviving work is the Harmonika (Greek: Ἁρμονικά), which is a three-volume codification of Byzantine musical scholarship based on the classical Greek works of Ptolemy, Nicomachus, and the Neopythagorean authors on the numerological theory of music. One of Bryennios's students was Theodore Metochites, the grand logothete during the reign of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. Metochites studied astronomy under Bryennios.
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• Born — c. 1275 • Died — c. 1340 • Field — * Astronomy • Mathematics • Music theory • Workplaces — University of Constantinople • Academic Advisors — Maximus Planudes • Notable Students — Theodore Metochites
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- 1.Nicolaidis, 2011, p=86 .
- 2.Freely, 2012, p=176 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Freely, John. Flame of Miletus: The Birth of Science in Ancient Greece (and How it Changed the World). I.B. Tauris. 2012. 978-1-78-076051-3.
- NDSU Department of Mathematics. Mathematics Genealogy Project. American Mathematical Society. 1997.
- Nicolaidis, Efthymios. Science and Eastern Orthodoxy: From the Greek Fathers to the Age of Globalization. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2011. 978-1-42-140298-7.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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