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Chartophylax

History; Medieval

Keeper of archives and/or general secretary (or chancellor) of a bishop in the Orthodox Church.

Angle buttress

History; Medieval

A pair meeting (or nearly) at right angles on the corner of a building.

Chambres des comptes

History; Medieval

Accounting office for French royal finances at Paris or for Norman ducal finances at Caen.

Borre

History; Medieval

A Scandinavian art style named from objects found in the ship burial in a great barrow at Boore in Vestfold in Norway and datable to the late ninth and early tenth centuries. It is most commonly ...

# Globular ornament consisting of three-petalled flower enclosing a small ball. # Ornament resembling a ball enclosed in a globular three-petalled flower; characteristic of the first quarter of the ...

Bandon

History; Medieval

A tactical unit of Byzantine cavalry numbering 450 men.

Brigandine

History; Medieval

# Metal splints sewed upon canvas, linen, or leather and covered with similar materials; a material used in making light armour. A "pair of brigandines" is a body-coat of this material, in two ...