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( brä´v n l, –bärb –) (KEY) , 1437–1508, Jewish theologian, biblical commentator, and financier, b. Lisbon. He served as treasurer to Alfonso...
( s´´ r ´l ) (KEY) or barbados cherry, the edible fruit of Malpighia glabra, of the genera Bunchiosa and Malpighia of the family Malpighiaceae. Th...
(st fä´n d l´lä b l´lä) (KEY) , 1610–64, Italian engraver, b. Florence. First copying the manner of Jacques Callot, his style changed somewha...
(b n d t´t dä mäyä´n ) (KEY) , 1442–97. Italian sculptor and architect of the Florentine school. His pulpits, altarpieces, and other church fu...
1609–72, one of the greatest English miniaturists. A student of Hoskins, he worked in London from c.1642. He painted portraits of numerous celebrate...
township (1990 pop. 59,084), Montgomery co., SE Pa., a residential suburb of Philadelphia; settled 1696, inc. 1906. The site of combat during the Revo...