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Costa, Isaäc da

(Encyclopedia)Costa, Isaäc da ēˈsä-äk dä kôˈstä [key], 1798–1860, Dutch poet and historian, b. Amsterdam, of an aristocratic Sephardic Jewish family. Deeply influenced by Bilderdijk, he entered (1822) th...

Estrela, Serra da

(Encyclopedia)Estrela, Serra da sĕrˈrə ᵺə əshtrāˈlə [key], mountain range, central Portugal. It rises to 6,532 ft (1,991 m) in Malhão da Estrela, Portugal's highest peak. The range is an important pastor...

Da Ponte, Lorenzo

(Encyclopedia)Da Ponte, Lorenzo lōrĕntˈsō dä pônˈtā [key], 1749–1838, Italian librettist and teacher, b. Ceneda as Emmanuele Conegliano. Born Jewish, he converted to Catholicism at 14, became (1773) a pri...

Jacopone da Todi

(Encyclopedia)Jacopone da Todi yäkōpôˈnā dä tôˈdē [key], 1230?–1306, Italian religious poet, whose name was originally Jacopo Benedetti. After the sudden death of his wife, he renounced (c.1268) his care...

Cadamosto, Luigi da

(Encyclopedia)Cadamosto, Luigi da lo͞oēˈjē dä kädämôˈstō [key], 1432?–1488, Venetian navigator in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal. He seems to have entered Portuguese service in 14...

Majano, Benedetto da

(Encyclopedia)Majano, Benedetto da: see Benedetto da Majano. ...

Todi, Jacopone da

(Encyclopedia)Todi, Jacopone da: see Jacopone da Todi. ...

Settignano, Desiderio da

(Encyclopedia)Settignano, Desiderio da: see Desiderio da Settignano. ...

Verrazano, Giovanni da

(Encyclopedia)Verrazano, Giovanni da: see Verrazzano, Giovanni da. ...

Vinci, Leonardo da

(Encyclopedia)Vinci, Leonardo da: see Leonardo da Vinci. ...