"Canonic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... archbishop of Yorke made vnto the archbishop of Canturburie.] "Ego Thomas Eboracensis ecclesi consecrandus metropolitanus, profiteor subiectionem & canonicam obedientiam sanct Dorobernensi ecclesi, & eiusdem ecclesi primati canonic electo & consecrato, & successoribus suis canonic inthronizatis, salua fidelitate domini mei Henrici regis Anglorum, & salua obedientia ex parte mea tenenda, quam Thomas antecessor meus sanct Roman ecclesi ex parte ...
— Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) - Henrie I. • Raphael Holinshed
... the light of historical knowledge, to say which is prior to the other. The principle of canon being that one voice shall reproduce the material of another note for note, it follows that in a composition where all parts are canonic and where the material of the leading part consists of a pre-determined melody, such as a Gregorian chant or a popular song there remains no room for further consideration of the shape of the work. ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 - "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" • Various |
