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Fabriano, Gentile da
(Encyclopedia)Fabriano, Gentile da: see Gentile da Fabriano. ...Fiesole, Mino da
(Encyclopedia)Fiesole, Mino da: see Mino da Fiesole. ...Forlì, Melozzo da
(Encyclopedia)Forlì, Melozzo da: see Melozzo da Forlì. ...Galli da Bibiena
(Encyclopedia)Galli da Bibiena: see Bibiena, Galli da. ...Bibbiena, Galli da
(Encyclopedia)Bibbiena, Galli da: see Bibiena, Galli da. ...Cino da Pistoia
(Encyclopedia)Cino da Pistoia chēˈnō dä pēstôˈyä [key], 1270–1337?, Italian jurist and poet, whose full name was Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi, or Sighibuldi. A friend of Dante and Petrarch, he wrote treatise...Vasco da Gama
(Encyclopedia)Vasco da Gama: see Gama, Vasco da. ...Gama, Vasco da
(Encyclopedia)Gama, Vasco da văˈskō də găˈmə, Port. väshˈkō dä gäˈmə [key], c.1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, the first European to journey by sea to India. His epochal voyage (1497–99) was made ...Gentile da Fabriano
(Encyclopedia)Gentile da Fabriano jāntēˈlā [key], c.1370–1427, Italian painter, one of the outstanding exponents of the elegant international Gothic style. In 1409 he worked in the Doge's Palace, Venice, pai...Roca, Cabo da
(Encyclopedia)Roca, Cabo da käˈbo͞o ᵺə rôˈkə [key], cape, W Portugal, W of Lisbon. It is the western extremity of Europe. ...Browse by Subject
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