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(märkäntô´ny r môn´d ) (KEY) , b. c.1480, d. before c.1534, Italian engraver. In Venice he was influenced by Dürer to such an extent that he p...
(skä´g n) (KEY) , city (1992 pop. 11,248), Nordjylland co., N Denmark, a port on Skagens Odde peninsula (the Skaw) at the northern end of Jylland an...
(väl´t r z ´môns) (KEY) , 1861–1937, German jurist and statesman. He served (1919) as commissioner general to the German delegation at Versaille...
1814–1901, American Mormon leader, b. Mantua, Ohio, studied at Oberlin College. Entering the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1836), Sno...
any levy that serves as the government’s only source of revenue. Generally, however, it is understood to mean a tax derived from economic rent and u...
(kl ´´ m ´d z, kl ´´ –) (KEY) , fl. 2d cent., Greek astronomer. In a treatise on the circular theory of heavenly bodies, he recorded several hy...