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Carucci, Jacopo

(Encyclopedia)Carucci, Jacopo: see Pontormo, Jacopo da. ...

danse macabre

(Encyclopedia)danse macabre: see Death, Dance of. ...

Voragine, Jacobus de

(Encyclopedia)Voragine, Jacobus de: see Jacobus da Varagine. ...

Bliss, Howard Sweetser

(Encyclopedia)Bliss, Howard Sweetser: see Bliss, Daniel. ...

Berrettini, Pietro

(Encyclopedia)Berrettini, Pietro: see Cortona, Pietro Berrettini da. ...

(Encyclopedia)John VIII (John Palaeologus), 1390–1448, Byzantine emperor (1425–48), son and successor of Manuel II. When he acceded, the Byzantine Empire had been reduced by the Turks to the city of Constantino...

Fournier, Pierre Simon

(Encyclopedia)Fournier, Pierre Simon pyĕr sēmôNˈ fo͞ornyāˈ [key], 1712–68, Parisian type founder. Fournier devised the first point system for measuring and naming sizes of type in 1737. He designed a numbe...

Carías Andino, Tiburcio

(Encyclopedia)Carías Andino, Tiburcio tēbo͞orˈsyō kärēˈäs ändēˈnō [key], 1876–1969, president of Honduras (1933–49). A strong-handed dictator, his term was twice extended by congress. Some improvem...

Beyazid I

(Encyclopedia)Beyazid I bāyäzĭdˈ [key], 1347–1403, Ottoman sultan (1389–1402), son and successor of Murad I. He besieged Byzantine Emperor Manuel II at Constantinople, then overcame the Turkish rulers in E ...

dance of death

(Encyclopedia)dance of death: see Death, Dance of. ...