Biography Category
(m k ´l sänm k ´l ) (KEY) , c.1484–1559, Italian architect and engineer. He was influenced by Bramante’s works in Rome, and after 1527 worked ...
people of ancient Greece, of unknown origin. In Homer, the Achaeans are specifically a Greek-speaking people of S Thessaly. Historically, they seem to...
(häns bäl´d ng,–gr n) (KEY) , c.1484–1545, German painter and printmaker, active mainly at Strasbourg. He was surnamed Grien or Grün because o...
expulsion of the products of conception before the embryo or fetus is viable. Any interruption of human pregnancy prior to the 28th week is known as a...
1781–1855, American architect of the classic revival period, b. Charleston, S.C. From 1800 to 1820 he worked as an architect in Washington, Philadel...
( b´´r k d b´r ) (KEY) , magical formula used by the Gnostics (see Gnosticism) to invoke the aid of benevolent spirits to ward off disease and affl...