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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...
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...
( k n´sh s) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, young man who loved Cydippe. He met her at a festival of Artemis and threw before her an apple inscribed, “...
(ärkh p n´k ) (KEY) , 1887–1964, Ukrainian-American sculptor. As a youth in Paris he began to adapt cubist technique to sculpture. In 1910 he open...
(änt n l´l dä m s–s ´nä) (KEY) , c.1430–1479, Italian painter, b. Messina. Antonello appears to have had early contact with Flemish art. In ...