Culture and arts

• Canon (fiction)
  Canon (fiction)
  In the context of a work of fiction, the term canon denotes the material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction, which are not considered canonical...
  
  , material that is considered to be genuine
• Western canon
  Western canon
  The term Western canon denotes a canon of books and, more broadly, music and art that have been the most important and influential in shaping Western culture. As such, it includes the "greatest works of artistic merit." Such a canon is important to the theory of educational perennialism and the...
  
  , the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture

• Canon (music)
  Canon (music)
  In music, a canon is a contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration . The initial melody is called the leader , while the imitative melody, which is played in a different voice, is called the follower...
  
  , a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
• Pachelbel's Canon

• Aesthetic canon
  Aesthetic canon
  A canon in the sphere of visual arts and aesthetics, or an aesthetic canon, is a rule for proportions, so as to produce a harmoniously formed figure.-Evolution:...
  
  , a rule for the proportions of a human figure
• Film canon
  Film canon
  Film canon is the limited group of movies that serve as the measuring stick for the highest quality in the film genre, based on criteria that look past personal and popular taste, to encompass only those that "artistically defined film history."...
  
  , the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged
• Canon (manga)
  Canon (manga)
  is a Japanese shōjo manga by . The series was originally serialized between 1994 and 1996 in Akita Shoten's manga magazine Mystery EX, and the chapters were compiled into four bound volumes...
  
  , a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi

• Chinese classics or Chinese canonical texts
• Canon of Dutch Literature
  Canon of Dutch Literature
  The Canon of Dutch Literature comprises a list of 1000 works of Dutch Literature culturally important to Dutch Heritage, and is published on the DBNL. Several of these works are lists themselves; such as early dictionaries, lists of songs, recipes, biographies or encyclopedic compilations of...
  
  , list of the most important Dutch literary works
• The Canon, nonfiction science book by Natalie Angier
• The Western Canon (book), book on the Western canon by Harold Bloom

Religion

• Canon law (Catholic Church)
  Canon law (Catholic Church)
  The canon law of the Catholic Church, is a fully developed legal system, with all the necessary elements: courts, lawyers, judges, a fully articulated legal code and principles of legal interpretation. It lacks the necessary binding force present in most modern day legal systems. The academic...
  
  
• Canon (priest)
  Canon (priest)
  A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
  
  , a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters
• Canon law
  Canon law
  Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
  
  , the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority
• Biblical canon
  Biblical canon
  A biblical canon, or canon of scripture, is a list of books considered to be authoritative as scripture by a particular religious community. The term itself was first coined by Christians, but the idea is found in Jewish sources. The internal wording of the text can also be specified, for example...
  
  
• Canon (hymnography)
  Canon (hymnography)
  A canon is a structured hymn used in a number of Eastern Orthodox services. It consists of nine odes, sometimes called canticles or songs depending on the translation, based on the Biblical canticles. Most of these are found in the Old Testament, but the final ode is taken from the Magnificat and...
  
  , a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
• Canon of the Mass
  Canon of the Mass
  Canon of the Mass is the name given in the Roman Missal, from the first typical edition of Pope Pius V in 1570 to that of Pope John XXIII in 1962, to the part of the Mass of the Roman Rite that begins after the Sanctus with the words Te igitur...
  
  , the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
• Penitential canons
  Penitential canons
  Penitential canons are religious rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. These canons, collected, adapted to later practice, and completed by suitable directions formed the nucleus of the Penitential Books .They all belong to the ancient...
  
  

• Taoist canon or Daozang
• Pāli Canon
  Pāli Canon
  The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the only completely surviving early Buddhist canon, and one of the first to be written down...
  
  
• Chinese Buddhist canon
  Chinese Buddhist canon
  The Chinese Buddhist Canon refers to the total body of Buddhist literature deemed canonical in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese Buddhism...
  
  
• Tibetan Buddhist canon
  Tibetan Buddhist canon
  The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined list of sacred texts recognized by various sects of Tibetan Buddhism. In addition to sutrayana texts from Early Buddhist and Mahayana sources, the Tibetan canon includes tantric texts...
  
  

• Tanakh
  Tanakh
  The Tanakh is a name used in Judaism for the canon of the Hebrew Bible. The Tanakh is also known as the Masoretic Text or the Miqra. The name is an acronym formed from the initial Hebrew letters of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah , Nevi'im and Ketuvim —hence...
  
  , sometimes referred to as the Jewish Bible Canon

Science

• The Canon of Medicine
  The Canon of Medicine
  The Canon of Medicine is an encyclopedia of Galenic medicine in five books compiled by Ibn Sīnā and completed in 1025. It presents a clear and organized summary of all the medical knowledge of the time...
  
  , a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
• Canon of Eclipses
  Canon of Eclipses
  The Canon of Eclipses , published in 1887 at the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer, is a compilation of over 13000 eclipses, including all solar and all umbral lunar eclipses between the years 1207 BC and 2161 CE. It was republished by Dover Books in 1962....
  
  , a compilation of eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer

Geography

• Canon, Georgia
  Canon, Georgia
  Canon is a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States. The population was 755 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Canon is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
  
  , a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States
• Cañon or canyon
  Canyon
  A canyon or gorge is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water it will eventually drain into. This forms a canyon. Most canyons were formed by a process of...
  
  , a deep valley between cliffs

Other uses

• Canon (company), a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation; produces Canon cameras
• Canon Communications
  Canon Communications
  UBM Canon , founded in 1978 and headquartered in Los Angeles California is a diversified business-to-business media company...
  
  , a media company headquartered in Los Angeles
• Canon (sociology), an accepted principle or rule
• Canon (game), an online browser-based strategy war game

See also

• Canonization
  Canonization
  Canonization is the act by which a Christian church declares a deceased person to be a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints. Originally, individuals were recognized as saints without any formal process...
  
  
• Cannon (disambiguation)
  Cannon (disambiguation)
  A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance.Cannon may also refer to:-Businesses:*Cannon , a manufacturer of cables, switches and connectors...
  
  
• Kanon (disambiguation)
  Kanon (disambiguation)
  -People:*Joseph Kanon* Kanon is the bassist of Japanese group Antic Cafe* Kanon a Japanese female singer who provides the insert and ending songs to the anime Angel Heart and La Corda D'Oro* Kanon Wakeshima a Japanese singer and cellist...