But surely that wasn't ninth-century Russia, was it?. From Wordnik.com. [Enchantment]
He eventually found it in the work of the ninth-century alchemist, Ibn Wahshiyah. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: AN ARAB CHAMPOLLION?] Reference
The country is named for its discoverer, a ninth-century Viking named Grim the Odious. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Whales Is Missing] Reference
For example we find the terms resolutio and compositio used by the ninth-century thinker, John. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
On the other hand, Johannes Scotus Erigena, the great ninth-century theologian, accepted the idea. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]
Insofar as the story has a historical setting, it is in the Danelaw of late ninth-century England. From Wordnik.com. [The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson. Book review] Reference
Wantage is a pretty market town, and the birthplace of ninth-century West Saxon monarch King Alfred. From Wordnik.com. [Enjoy the Ride] Reference
The result could be a return to some form of ninth-century chaos, only this time with nuclear weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Our Imperial Imperative] Reference
The mosque, formally known as the Askariya shrine, held two ninth-century tombs of revered Shiite imams. From Wordnik.com. [COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE] Reference
Theodora was the wife of the ninth-century emperor Theophilus and mother of the future emperor Michael III. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
The “great woman of Shunem” appears twice in the narratives about the ninth-century b.c.e. prophet Elisha. From Wordnik.com. [Shunammite: Bible.] Reference
An interesting Christmas | 123 | example is the following ninth-century trope ascribed to Tutilo of St. Gall. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference
The Irish translation of Historia Brittonum a ninth-century Latin text recounts the same origin legend in Irish. From Wordnik.com. [The Picts (or Cruithne, or Albans): What's in a name?] Reference
Given how little is known of ninth-century Northumbria, the gap in history is plenty big enough to accommodate that!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lords of the North, by Bernard Cornwell. Book review] Reference
Ave Maria was sung as early as the tenth century and probably represents the work of ninth-century Frankish cantors. From Wordnik.com. [(A little bit) More about Ergo Maris Stella, verbi dei cella] Reference
A corner of the palace was discovered beneath a ninth-century B.C. pillared royal storehouse on the site's acropolis. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning of Hazor] Reference
Unquestionably the most important figure among those engaged in efforts of this type was the ninth-century theologian. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The most convincing of several bagel-origin legends involves a ninth-century edict forbidding Jews from baking at all. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Bread's Long Rise] Reference
Sri Lankan steel, mentioned in ninth-century Islamic literature, may have been used for the blades of Damascus swords. From Wordnik.com. [Wind-Powered Furnaces] Reference
Narratives about the ninth-century b.c.e. prophet Elijah are found in 1 Kings 17 – 19 and 21 and in 2 Kings 1 – 2. From Wordnik.com. [Widow of Zarephath: Bible.] Reference
One ninth-century master, who founded the Lin-Chi line of Zen Buddhism, even went so far as to command his disciples. From Wordnik.com. [Buddha]
Serlorenzi said that among the most significant discoveries in a ninth-century kitchen were three pots that were used to heat sauce. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeological finds in Rome] Reference
The lower space, inspired by the ninth-century Andalusia region of Spain, has a grand mineral pool rising above the co-ed relaxation area. From Wordnik.com. [Global Spa Roundup: Spa at the Montage Hotel Beverly Hills: Emily Poenisch] Reference
Eventually, however, she looked up from a ninth-century account of the life of Charlemagne and realized that she was both cold and hungry. From Wordnik.com. [The Blackstone Key] Reference
For the purpose of historical analysis, we can postulate its source as the Buddhist monasteries of ninth-century northern and central Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 3 External Kalachakra] Reference
The gesticulating crowd listening to St. Paul in a ninth-century manuscript from St. Gallen, for example, runs the gamut from enthusiasm to skepticism. From Wordnik.com. [Defined by Line and Tone] Reference
It was the grave of a ninth-century Mayan princess named Chac Xel, and Nora's job was to re-create it-in painstaking detail-for the Sacred Images exhibition. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
A native Californian, Turtledove has a Ph.D. in Byzantine history from UCLA, and has published a scholarly translation of a ninth-century Byzantine chronicle. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Before the evacuation from Megiddo, excavations there included work on the ninth-century B.C. chariot stable built by King Ahab, but nicknamed "Solomon's Stable.". From Wordnik.com. [Heritage in the Landscape of War] Reference
There exists in the Laurentian Library at Florence a ninth-century Greek surgical manuscript which contains figures of surgeons reducing the dislocations in question. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Zinman also does a fine job of showing how the themes introduced in the symphony's first part -- the ninth-century hymn "Veni, creator spiritus" -- permeate the second. From Wordnik.com. [As Mahler's death centenary nears, an outpouring of recordings pays tribute] Reference
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