The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Justinian I (the Great), Eastern Roman Emperor (c. 482 - 565)

Eastern Roman Emperor, 527–65. Created the Codex Iustianinus and attempted (unsuccessfully) to reunify the fractious eastern Christian church. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-3519?rskey=tShAt3&result=2 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinianus Relationships: Procopius of Caesarea (c. 500-[?]) was a employed by Justinian I (the Great)
References in Documents:
Musaeum Clausum (1684)

4. Some handsome Engraveries and Medals, of Justinus and Justinianus, found in the custody of a Bannyan in the remote parts of India, conjectured to have been left there by Friers mentioned in Procopius, who travelled those parts in the Reign of Justinianus, and brought back into Europe the discovery of Silk and Silk Worms.