Meanings
plural Palaeologans
- alternativeAlternative form of Palaiologan.
The Palaeologans ruled one of these, the kingdom of Nicaea.
2015, Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History, →ISBN1 more example
During the dynasty of the Palaeologans it went through a critically long and desperate period.
2003, Vasileios N. Tatakēs, Nicholas J. Moutafakis, Byzantine Philosophy, →ISBN, page 188
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Palaiologan.
Its bold, experimental, and yet sophisticated solutions are a step beyond the other Palaeologan monuments of the capital.
1987, Robert G. Ousterhout, The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul, →ISBN, page 1422 more examples
As an example of the diffusion of Byzantine culture, especially of the influences of Palaeologan painting, we might cite the remarkable Byzantine painter Theophanes "the Greek" (Feofan Grek in Russian.)
1984, Deno John Geanakoplos, Byzantium, →ISBNByzantine art of the Palaeologan period is just as formal as in any preceding period, but the figures are treated semi-naturalistically and a restrained emotion is allowed to break through.
2004, Rowena Loverance, Byzantium, →ISBN
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Palaeologan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palaeologan
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