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Isabey, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia)Isabey, Jean Baptiste zhäN bätēstˈ ēzäbāˈ [key], 1767–1855, French portrait painter and miniaturist. He was a pupil of J. L. David and was greatly influenced by Fragonard. His portraits are ...

Mary of Burgundy

(Encyclopedia)Mary of Burgundy, 1457–82, wife of Maximilian of Austria (later Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I), daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold of Burgundy. The marriage of Mary was a major event in Euro...

Amnon

(Encyclopedia)Amnon. In the Bible, David's eldest son. He raped his half-sister Tamar and was killed for it by her brother Absalom.

Menevia

(Encyclopedia)Menevia, Wales: see Saint David's. ...

milu

(Encyclopedia)milu: see Père David's deer.

Davit, Gerard

(Encyclopedia)Davit, Gerard: see David, Gerard.

elaphure

(Encyclopedia)elaphure: see Père David's deer. ...

Rei

(Encyclopedia)Rei rēˈī [key], loyal adherent of David.

Adamson, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Adamson, Robert: see Hill, David Octavius. ...

Walden Pond

(Encyclopedia)Walden Pond, Mass.: see Thoreau, Henry David. ...