About Canon

Canon or Canons may refer to: == Arts and entertainment == Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture Western canon, the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in the West Canon of proportions, a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art Canon (music), a type of composition Canon (hymnography), a type of hymn used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Canon (album), a 2007 album by Ani DiFranco Canon (film), a 1964 Canadian animated short Canon (game), an online browser-based strategy war game Canon (manga), by Nikki Canonical plays of William Shakespeare The Canon (Natalie Angier book), a 2007 science book by Natalie Angier The Canon (podcast), concerning film == Brands and enterprises == Canon Inc., a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation Château Canon (disambiguation), a number of wineries UBM Canon, a media company headquartered in Los Angeles == People == Canon (rapper) (born 1989) Fernando Canon (1860–1938), Filipino revolutionary general, poet, inventor, engineer, musician and chess player Lou Canon, stage name of Leanne Greyerbiehl, a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter == Places == Canon, Georgia, a city in the United States Canons Park, London, UK Canon Row, a street in Westminster, London Cañon City, Colorado, United States Cañon Fiord, on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada Canon Rock, an island in Northern Ireland == Religion == Religious text: some religious texts are accepted or categorized as canonical, some non-canonical, and others extracanonical, semi-canonical, deutero-canonical, pre-canonical or post-canonical. Biblical canon, a set of texts regarded by a Christian or Jewish community as part of the Bible Canon law, the whole judicial system in Christian churches Canon (canon law), a law or ordinance promulgated by a synod, ecumenical council, or individual bishop (within the canon law system of that Church).