Bantock
Bantock, Granville, English Composer: B. London, 7 Aug. 1868. He Was Educated In London For The Indian Civil Service. His Love Of Music Caused A Change In His Plans And He Took A Preparatory Course Under Dr. Saunders. In 1889 He Entered The Royal Academy Of Music, Where He Was ...
Baobab
Baobab, Ba'o-bab (adansonia Digitata), A Tree Belonging To The Family Boinbacacece, Which Was Named After The Naturalist Adan Son. It Is Also Called The Monkey-bread Tree. The Leaves Are Deep Green And Are Divided Into Five Unequal Digitate Lanceolate Leaflets. This Tree Is A Native Of Western And Northern Africa; ...
Baptism
Baptism (from The Greek. Baptia, From Baptizein, To Immerse Or Dip), Thc Application Of Water To A Person As A Sacrament Or Reli Gious Rite. It Is Generally Thought To Have Been Usual With The Jews Even Before Christ, Being Administered To Proselytes, But Was Probably Nothing More Than A ...
Baptists
Baptists, United, Were So-called After The Union Of The Regular And Separate Bap Tists In Kentucicy In 1801. They Departed Somewhat From The Strictly Calvinistic Prin Ciples Laid Down By Other Denominations. The Latest Census Gives The United Baptists 196 Churches In, Kentucicy, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama And Arkansas With A ...
Baptists
Baptists, The Name Of A Religious Body That Sprang From The Separatist Movement In England. Though There Were Groups Of Ana Baptists In England In The 16th Century, They Were Mostly Of Dutch Origin And Made No Per Manent Impression On The English People. One Wing Of The English Puritans ...
Baranoff
Baranoff, Alexander Andreevich, Russian Explorer And Merchant: B. Kargopol 1747; D. 16 April 1819. A Merchant And Manufac Turer In Irkutsk, Siberia, In 1780, He Became Manager Of The Colony Previously Founded On Three Saints Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, In 1791, But Soon Afterward Taking Charge He Transferred The Trading ...
Barantzbvich
Barantzbvich, Kazimir Vich, Russian Man Of Letters: B. Saint Peters Burg 1851. His Father Was A Descendant Of A Noble Polish Family And His Mother Was French. At The Time Of The Polish Insurrection (1831), Barantzevich's Grandfather Was Hung In The Presence Of His Wife And Two Sons, But The ...
Baratynskii
Baratynskii (properly Boratynskii), Evgenii Abramovich, Russian Poet: B. 10 Feb. 1800; D. 29 June 1844. He Was Educated In The Page-corps, From Which He Was Expelled In 1816. Later (1820) He Joined An Infantry Regi Ment In Finland, Where He Became An Officer. In 1825 He Married, Retired From Military ...
Barbados
Barbados, Bar-ba'-dem, An Island Of The West Indies, Lying In The Atlantic Ocean More Than 100 Miles East Of The Nearest Members Of The Chain Of Lesser Antilles, In Lat. 13° 4' N. And Long. 59° 37' W. (see Antilles). The Entire Area Of The Island Available For The Pur ...
Barbary
Barbary, Africa, A General Name For The Most Northerly Portion Of The Continent, Extend Ing About 2,600 Miles From Egypt To The Atlan Tic, With A Breadth Varying From About 140 To 550 Miles; Comprising Morocco, Fez, Algeria, Tunis And Libya (including Tripoli, Barca And Fezzan). Bordered By The Mediterranean ...
Barbary Powers
Barbary Powers, United States Treaties And Wars With The. The Four Mo Hammedan States Of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis And Tripoli, Though Either Independent Or Nominally Tributary To Turkey, Were For Some Three Centuries, The 16th To The 19th, A Common Foe To Mediterranean Commerce And Travel. Almost Their Entire Subsistence ...
Barbauld
Barbauld, Anna Letitia, En Glish Writer, Daughter Of The Rev. John Aikin: B. Kibworth, Leicestershire, 20 June 1743; D. 9 March 1825. Her Earliest Production Was A Small Volume Of Miscellaneous Poems, Printed In 1773. This Was Succeeded In The Same Year By A Collection Of Pieces In Prose, Published ...
Barber
Barber, One Who Shaves Beards And Dresses Hair. The Occupation Of Barber Is An Institution Of Civilized Life, And Is Only Known Among Those Nations That Have Made A Certain Progress In Civilization. It Is Referred To By The Prophet Ezekiel: "and Thou, Son Of Man, Take Thee A Barber's ...
Barber Of Seville
Barber Of Seville, The (le Bar Bier De Seville), One Of The Wittiest Of All Dramas And Most Mordant Of Satirical Solvents, Was Written By Beaumarchais Under Irritation At Speculative Misadventures In American Trade, In 1772, Ready For The Stage In 1773 And, After Two Years Of Prohibition And Intrigue, ...
Barber Of Seville_2
Barber Of Seville, Opera Bouffe In Two Acts By Gioacchimo Rossini (libretto By Sterbini, Founded On Beaumarchais' Celebrated Play). First Produced In Rome 5 Feb. 1816. The Work, Destined To Become One Of The Most Popular In Operatic Repertory, Was At First A Dismal Failure, Due Largely To Popular Resent ...
Barberry
Barberry (berberis), A Genus Of About 175 Species Of Shrubs Of The Family Ber Bericlacece, Natives Of Temperate Climates. The Yellow Flowers Are Succeeded By Red, Dark Blue Or Black Fruit Which In Some Species Is Used For Making Jellies Of Beautiful Color And Distinct Flavor; That Of Some Other ...
Barbizon
Barbizon, The Painters Of, A Group Of French Painters Of Animal, Landscape And Peasant Subjects Who Settled In The Village Of Barbizon About 1844. While Often Referred To As The Barbizon School, They Did Not Form A School In The Usual Sense, But Were Attracted Together By Similar Aims And ...
Barca
Barca, North Africa, An Italian Posses Sion, Part Of Libia Italiana, Lying East Of Tripoli, About 500 Miles Long By 400 Miles Wide. It Forms A Portion Of The Ancient Cyrenaica, In Its Widest Sense, Where The Greeks Had Two Flourishing Colonies. The Greeks Were Followed In Possession Of The ...
Barcelona
Barcelona, Bar-the-16'n9, Spain, The Largest City And Second Seaport Of Spain, 440 Miles Northeast Of Madrid By Rail (310 Miles Direct Line). It Is The Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name And Of The Military District Of Cata Lonia, And Is Handsomely Built, In The Shape Of A ...
Barcelona_2
Barcelona, Bank Of. In Its Tnore Modern Sense, That Is To Say, An Institution Of Deposit, Loan, Discount, Domestic And Foreign Exchange, Etc., Open To The Commercial Public, The Bank Of Barcelona Must Be Regarded As The Earliest Of Banks In The European World. As Its Operation Had A Bearing ...
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers, The Second Of Anthony Trollope's Chronicles Of Barsetshire --(the Warden) (1855), (barchester Towers) (1857),
Barclay
Barclay, Robert, A Member Of The Society Of Friends: B. 23 Dec. 1648, At Gordons Town, In The County Of Moray, Of An Ancient And Honorable Family; D. Ury, Near Aberdeen, 3 Oct. 1690. The Troubles Of The Country In Duced His Father, Colonel Barclay, To Send Him To Paris, ...
Barclay De Tolly
Barclay De Tolly, Michael, Prince, Distinguished Russian General: B. Livonia 1761; D. Insterburg, 14 May 1818. He Entered The Army At An Early Age, And His Long Service As A Subordinate In Campaigns Against The Turks, Swedes And Poles Laid The Basis Of A Valuable Experience, And Served To Develop ...
Bard
Bard, A Designation Applied To The Ancient Poets Of The Celtic Tribes, Who In Battle Raised The War-cry, And In Peace Sang The Exploits Of Their Heroes, Celebrated The Attributes Of Their Gods And Chronicled The History Of Their Nation. Their Early History Is Uncertain. Diodorus Tells Us That The ...
Bardesanes
Bardesanes, Bar-cv-sisna, Syrian Poet And Theologian, Who Lived In The Latter Half Of The 2d Century, In Edessa, And Is Memorable For The Peculiarity Of His Doctrines, Which Were Taught Through 150 Hymns Ascribed To Him And In Use In The Church Till The 4th Century. He Considered The Evil ...
Bards
Bards. Spelled Variously Barde, Barding, Etc. Horse-armor, Often Wrongly Termed Caparisons. The Latter Is The Term For Rich Coverings (housings) Spread Over The Back Of Horses On Ceremonial Occasions, Whereas The Bardings Were To Protect The War-horse (de Strier) In Combat. The Ancient Dacian Mounted Spearmen's (calaphrocti) Horses Were Entirely ...
Barge Canal
Barge Canal, The New York State. The Improvement Of The New York State Canals Authorized By A Vote Of The People In 1903 Has Become Popularly Known As The Barge Canal. This Phrase Is Without Particular Sig Nificance In Itself, Being But The Shortened Forrn Of (thousand-ton Barge Canal,d The ...
Baring
Baring, Maurice, English Author And Journalist: B. 27 April 1874. He Was Educated At Eton And At Trinity College, Cambridge. He Entered The Diplomatic Service In 1898, Was At Tache To The British Embassy In Paris 1898 1900, Third Secretary To The British Embassy In Copenhagen 1900-02, And Was Transferred ...
Barium
Barium, A Metallic Element, Strongly Re Sembling Calcium In Its Chemical Properties. The Mineral Barite (q.v.) Was The First Com Pound Of Barium To Be Examined. In 1750 Marggraf Showed That Barite Contains Sulphu Ric Acid, And The Subsequent Labors Of Scheele And Gahn Proved That It Also Contains A ...
Bark
Bark, The More Or Less Easily Separable Layers Of Tissue Surrounding The Woody Cylinder Of Trees And Shrubs; Also, By Extension, The Analogous Part (cortex) Of Textile Plants Such As Hemp, Jute, Ramie, Flax, Etc., And Other Annual Stems. The Layers Are Divided Into Three Groups Which May Be Readily ...
Bark_2
Bark, Peruvian. A Bark Obtained From Several Trees Belonging To The Genus Cinchona, Which Grow Spontaneously In Many Parts Of South America, But More Particularly Of Peru. The Trees Somewhat Resemble A Cherry-tree In Appearance, And Have White Or Pink Flcnvers. This Valuable Medicine Was Formerly Called Jesuit's Bark, From ...
Barlaam And Josaphat
Barlaam And Josaphat, One Of The Most Popular Of Early Mediaeval Romances, Formerly Supposed To Have Been Written By Saint John Of Or Damascenus, As He Is Sometimes Called,— A Syrian Monk Born About The End Of The 7th Century. According. To The Narrative Josaphat Was The Son Of A ...
Barley A S
Barley (a. S. Baserlic, From Bere, Barley +leas, A Leek, Plant); Genus Hordeum; Our Fourth Most Important Cereal. It Belongs To The Poacece Or Grass Family, And Is One Of The Oldest Of The Cultivated Members Of This Family. It Was Cultivated In Ancient Egypt (exod. Ix, 31) By The ...
Barlow
Barlow, Joel, American Poet And Diplo Matist: B. Redding, Conn., 24 March 1754; D. Near Cracow, Poland, 24 Dec. 1812. In 1774 He Was Placed At Dartmouth College, New Hamp Shire, And After A Short Residence Entered Yale College, New Haven, Where He Displayed A Tal Ent For Versification, Which ...
Barmote Court
Barmote Court (from Berg, Hill, And Mote, Meeting), A Name Given To Local Courts Held In The Lead-mining Portions Of Derbyshire, England. Their Purpose Is The Defitution Of The Ancient Rights Of The Inhabit Ants And The Settlement Of Disputes Connected Therewith. They Are Of Ancient Origin, But Their Scope ...
Barn Owl
Barn Owl, A Widespread But Rather Un Common Owl (strix Flammea) Which Seems To Be Known In All Parts Of The World, And Is Everywhere Recognizable Among Other Owls By The Heart-shaped Form Of The Facial Discs, Which Meet In A Point Below The Beak. These Give A Very Quaint ...
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow, One Of The Most Fa Miliar And Widespread Of North American Swallows (chelidon Erythrogaster). Its Plum Age Is Lustrous Blue; The Forehead, Chin And Throat Dull Chestnut, Bounded By A Collar-like Band Of Blue Across The Chest, Below Which The Plumage Is Pale Reddish-brown. By Its Deeply Forked ...
Barnabas
Barnabas, The Surname Given By The Apostles To Joses, Or Joseph, A Fellow-laborer Of Paul, And Like Him Ranked As An Apostle. He Was A Levite And A Native Of Cyprus; Contributed To The Community Of Goods Among The Disciples (acts Iv, 36-37); Was Sponsor For Saul, The Former Persecutor. ...
Barnabas_2
Barnabas, Acts, Epistle, And Gospel Of. (1) The 'acts Of Barnabas' Are Clearly Apocryphal And Of Late Date. They Recount His Missionary Journeys And His Martyrdom In Cyprus. (2) The 'epistle Of Barnabas' Is One Of The Apocryphal Books Of The New Testament. At The End Of The Codex Sinaiticus ...
Barnacle
Barnacle, A Degenerate Crustacean Of The Order Cirripedia, Living Attached To Some Foreign Object, Such As Wharf Piles, Rocks And The Bottoms Of Ships. The Barnacles Would At First Glance Hardly Be Regarded As Crustacea At All, And Were Considered To Be Mollusca, Until In 1836 Thompson Found That The ...
Barnard
Barnard, Edward Emerson, American Astronomer: B. Nashville, Tenn., 16 Dec. 1857. He Learned Photography In A Studio As A Boy, And Began Astronomical Studies Alone. He Studied At The Vanderbilt University And Uni Versity Of The 'pacific, And Received Degrees From Many Sources, Including Those Of Hon. Sc.d. From Vanderbilt, ...
Barnard College
Barnard College, The Undergradu Ate College For Women Of Columbia University. In 1889 A Group Of Men And Women Who Wished To Provide For Women In New York City A Col Lege Education Fully Equal To That Offered To Men Succeeded In Obtaining The Sanction Of The Tnistees Of Columbia ...
Barnard_2
Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, American Educator: B. Sheffield, Mass., 5 May 1809; D. 27 April 1889. He Was Graduated At Yale College In 18?-8; Instructor There In 1830; Professor Of Mathematics And Natural Philoso Phy In The University Of Alabama, 1837-48, And Afterward Of Chemistry And Natural History Till 1854; ...
Barneveldt
Barneveldt, Bar'n-vet, Jan Van Olden, Dutch Statesman: B. 1549; D. 13 May 1619. He Early Showed Himself Zealous For The Independence Of The United Provinces, And As Advocate-general Of The Province Of Hol Land Displayed Profound Views And Great Skill In Business. He Preserved His Country Against The Ambition Of ...
Barnum
Barnum, Inducts Taylor, American Showman: B. Bethel, Conn., 5 July 1810; D. Bridgeport, 7 April 1891. He Was The Son Of A Tavern-keeper And In His Boyhood Displayed A Remarkable Propensity For Practical Jokes Upon His Father's Customers, As Well As A Decided Turn For Trade. Having Accumulated A Small ...
Barometer
Barometer (greek, (weight-measure)), An Instrument Invented By The Italian Physicist Torricelli, And Used For Determining The Sure Of The Atmosphere. (for An Account Of Its Early History See Atmosphere). Id Its Plest Form The Mercurial Barometer Consists Tially Of A Vertical Glass Tube About A Yard In Length, Closed. At ...
Baron
Baron. In The Feudal System Of The Middle Ages, The Immediate Tenant Of Any Su Perior Was Originally Called His Baron. In Old Records The Citizens Of London Are So Styled, And The Members Of The House Of Commons, Elected By The Cinque-ports, Were Called Barons. This Title Was Introduced ...
Baronet
Baronet, The Lowest Of The Hereditaty Dignities In Great Britain And Ireland, Origi Nally Instituted By James I, 22 May 1611. The First Person To Receive The Honor Was Sir Nicholas Bacon Of Redgrave, Whose Successors In The Title Have Ever Since Held The Rank Of Premier Baronet Of The ...
Barrack Room Ballads
Barrack-room Ballads. Mr. Kipling's 'ballads And Barrack-room Ballads' (1892) Is On The Whole A Highly Original As Well As Significant Volume. Far Surpassing His 'de Partmental Ditties,' It Established His Fame As A Poet, And Contains, Indeed, Those Of His Poems Which, With The °recessional" And A Few Others, Have ...
Barrage
Barrage, Charles, English Mathema Tician And Inventor Of A Calculating Machine: B.• Near Teignmouth, England, 26 Dec. 1792; D. 18 Oct. 1871. He Graduated At Peter House College, Cambridge. Being In Posses Sion Of An Independent Fortune, Babbage Was In A Position To Devote All His Time And Ener Gies ...
Barras
Barras, Ba-ris, Paul Francois Jean Nicolas, Comte De, French Statesman: B. Fox-arnphoux (var), 30 June 1755; D. 29 Jan. 1829. When The Revolution Broke Out He Un Mediately Showed Himself An Opponent Of The Court And Had A Seat In The Tiers Hat, While His Brother Was Sitting Among The ...
Barrel
Barrel, A Hollow Vessel Ntade Of Staves, Set On End, Arranged Around A Circle, And Bound Together With Hoops. By Each Stave Being Made Wider In The Middle And Tapering A Little Toward The Ends, The Barrel Is Of Lamer Diameter, Or Bulges, In The Middle. The Bevelled Edges Of ...
Barrett
Barrett, John, American Diplomat And Internationalist: B. Grafton, Vt., 28 Nov. 1866. Attended Vermont Academy, Saxton's River, Vt.; Worcester (mass.) Academy, And Was Graduated From Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H„ 1889, Having In The Meantime Taken One Year's Course (1888), At Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Professor Of English, Hop Kins' ...
Barrett_2
Barrett, Lawrence, American Actor: B. Paterson, N. J., 4 April 1838; D. 21 March 1891. His First Appearance On The Stage Was In 1853, In 'the French Spy.' In 1856 He Appeared As Sir Thomas Clifford In 'the Hunchback> At Chambers Street Theatre, New York, And In 1857 He Supported ...
Barricade
Barricade. A Hastily Improvised Ob Struction Intended To Defend Streets,. Bridges And Other Narrow Passages, And To Retard The Enemy In His Movements. Carriages, Casks, Chests, Furniture, Beams, Chains, And, In Short, Which Is At Hand, Is Used For This Purpose, Either In Defending A Town Against Besiegers, Or In ...
Barrie
Barrie, Snt James Matthew, British Novelist And Dramatist: B. Kirriemuir, Scotland, 9 May 1860. He Was Graduated At Edinburgh University In 1882. His Sketches And Stones Of Country Life In Scotland Soon Brought Him To The Attention Of The British Public And Within A Few Years He Was The Recognized ...
Barrios
Barrios, Justo Rufino, Son Of The Fore Going, Guatemalan Statesman, Of Spanish-indian Blood: B. San Lorenzo, Guatemala, 17 July 1835; D. Chalchuapa, 2 April 1885. He Was Educated For The Law, But The Political Punish Ment Of His Father Led Will To Become A Guer Rilla Revolutionist, And Finally Chief ...
Barrot
Barrot, Ba-r6, Camille Hyacinthe Odllon, French Statesman: B. Villefort, Lozere, 19 July 1791; D. Bougival, Near Paris, 6 Aug. 1873. At 19 He Pleaded Before The Ordinary Tribunals, And At 23, By A Special Dispensation, Before The Court Of Cassation, Paris, And Early Acquired A High Reputation For Eloquence. In ...
Barrow
Barrow, Isaac, English Mathematician And Theologian: B. London 1630; D. May 1677. At The Charterhouse, Where He Was Educated, He Was Chiefly Remarkable For Fighting And Neglect Of Study, But Being Removed To A School At Felsted, In Essex, He Began To Show Some Earnest Of His Future Great Reputation. ...
Barrow In Furness
Barrow-in-furness, England, Sea Port, Parliamentary And County Borough, In The District Of Furness, Situated Opposite To And Including The Island. Of Walney, Lancashire, 50 Miles Northwest Of Liverpool In The Middle Of The 19th Century It Was A Fishing Village With 300 Inhabitants; In 1911 Its Popula Tion Was 63,770. ...
Barrow_2
Barrow, Sut John, Eminent English Traveler And Geographer: B. Near Ulverston, Lancashire, 1764; D. 23 Nov. 1848. When 14 Years Old He Entered An Iron Foundry In Liver Pool As Timekeeper. Two Years Afterward He Gave Up This Situation And Made A Voyage In A Whaler To Greenland. He Was ...
Barry
Barry, John, The First American Dor.e: B. Wcxford, Ireland, 1745; D. Philadel Phia, 13 Sept. 1803. He Early Displayed A Great Partiality For The Sea And At The Age Of 11 Adopted America As His Home And Made A Number Of Voyages In Merchant Ships Until The Conunencement Of The ...
Barth
Barth, Heinrich, Distinguished Geogra Pher And African Traveler : B. Hamburg, 16 Feb. 1821; D. 25 Nov. 1865. He Received His Education Partly In His Native Town And Partly At The Uni Versity Of Berlin, And Having Determined To Explore All The Countries Bordering On The Medi Terranean, Set Out ...
Barthel
Barthel, Melchior, German Sculptor : B. Dresden 1625; D. 1672. He Studied Under His Father And Under Johann Boehme. He Spent Many Years In Italy, Including 17 In Venice, And On His Return To Dresden Was Made Court Sculptor. His Chief Works Are The Tomb Of The Doge, Giovanni Pesaro ...
Barthelemy
Barthelemy, Jean Jacques, French Antiquarian : B. Cassis, Near Marseilles, 20 Jan. 1716; D. 30 April 1795. He Received A Good Edu Cation From The Fathers Of The Oratory At Mar Seilles, And Was About To Prepare Himself, Under The Jesuits, For Holy Orders, But Becoming Dis Gusted With His ...
Bartholdi
Bartholdi, Bar'torda', Frederic Au Guste, Distinguished French Sculptor: B. Col Mar, Alsace, 2 April 1834; D. Paris, 4 Oct..1904. While A Student In Painting Under The Celebrated Ary Scheffer, He Showed A Greater. Bent Api Aptitude For Sculpture, And Deyoted His Energies To This Branch Of Art, Exhibiting Numerous Works ...
Bartholomew
Bartholomew, Saint, Massacre Of, The Slaughter Of French Protestants In Paris And Other Cities In France On Various Dates Be Tween 24 Aug. And 3 Oct. 1572. After The Death Of Francis Ii, Catherine De' Medici Had Assumed The Regency For Her Son, Charles Ix, Then Only 10 Years Old, ...
Bartolommeo
Bartolommeo, Pra, Or Baccio Della Porta, Florentine Painter: B. Savignano 1469; D. Florence 1517. He Learned In Florence The First Principles Of Painting From Cosimo Roselli And Acquired A More Perfect Knowledge Of Art By Studying The Works Of Leonardo Da Vinci. The Most Im Portant Of His Early Productions ...
Barton
Barton, Clara, American Philanthropist : B. Oxford, Mass., 1821; D. 12 April 1912. She Early Became A Teacher And Founded At Bor Dentown, N. J., A Free School. In 1854 It Had Grown To 600, When She Became A Clerk In The Patent Office In Washington. On The Outbreak Of ...
Baruch
Baruch, Books Of. In The Apocrypha, The Book Of Baruch May Be Said To Be The Only Apocryphal Book Written In The Style Of The Hebrew Prophets. While Savoring Strongly Of An Attempt At Imitation, And Possessing But Lit Tle Originality, It Nevertheless Contains • Some Striking Passages Of Considerable ...
Bas Relief
Bas-relief, Bi're-lef' (in Italian, Bas So-rilievo, Or Low Relief), As Applied To Sculp Ture, A Representation Of One Or More Figures, Raised On A Flat Surface Or Background, In Such A Manner, However, As That No Part Of Them Shall Be Entirely Detached From It. Alto-rilievo, Or High Relief, Is ...
Base
Base. In Architecture: (a) The Part Of A Column Between T'he Bottom Of The Shaft And The Top Of The Pedestal. In Eases In Which There Is No Pedestal, Then The Base Is The Part Between The Bottom Of The Column And The Plinth. (b) A Plinth With Its Moldings ...
Baseball
Baseball, A Popular Sport In The United States, Of Such General Interest As To Be Known As °the National Game.' It Had Its Origin In The Old English Game Of °rounders," But Developed On American Soil Into A Very Different Sport. In Philadelphia An Early Form Was Played Un Der ...
Basel
Basel, Council Of, A Council Announced At The Council Of Constance, And Convoked By Pope Martin V And His Successor, Eugcnius Iv. It Commenced Its Sittings 14 Dec. 1431 Under The Presidency Of The Cardinal Legate, Juliana Ciesarini Of Saint Angelo. The Objects Of Its Deliberations Were To Extirpate Heresies ...
Basilian Monks
Basilian Monks, A Monastic Order, Chiefly Belonging To The Greek Church, Who Strictly Follow The Rules Of Basil, The Great Saint Basil (q.v.), Who, After Visiting The Mon Asteries Of Egypt, Syria And Palestine, Induced Many To Enter The Monastic Life And Even To Fcund Convents. His Rule, Which Was ...
Basilica
Basilica. The Word Basilica (meaning A Icingly Or Magnificent Building) Is Of Greek Derivation, But The Buildings So Termed Appear To Have Originated With The Romans. The Basilica Edifices Of The Greeks And Romans Were The Courts Of Justice And Conunercial Meeting Places Of The People. The Judicial Court Was ...
Basilisk
Basilisk, Bizl-lisk, According To Pliny (lib. C. 21), A Kind Of Serpent Found In The African Deserts, Named Basiliskos, Or Little King, Because Its Body Was Marked With Bright Spots, And Those On The Head Had The Appearance Of A Crown Or Diadem. It Had A Very Pointed Head, With ...
Basket
Basket, A Vessel Made Of Osier Twigs Or Other Flexible Materials, As Rushes, Strips Of Wood, Splits Of Bamboo, Rattan, Etc., And Used For Holding And Carrying All Sorts Of Commodi Ties. The Word Is Of Britanno-celtic Origin And Still Subsists In The Welsh Language In The Form Basgatai From ...
Basque Provinces
Basque Provinces (spanish Pro Vincias Vascongadas), In Northeastern Spain, The Three Provinces Of Alava, Viscaya (biscay) And Guipftzcoa. These Will Be Found Under Their Separate Headings. The Total Area Is 2,739 Square Miles, And The Total Population Was Estimated (31 Dec. 1914) At 706,249. Lying On The Northern Versant Of ...
Basques
Basques, Basks, Or Biscayans, In Their Own Language, Euscaldunae ; The Spaniards Call Them °vascongados.d A Remark Able, Very Ancient Race Inhabiting Both Sides Of The Pyrenees, The Southwest Corner Of France And The North Of Spain. They Represent The Remnant Of A People Once Spread Over The Whole Of ...
Bass
Bass, Bas (it. Basso, Deep, Low), (1) The Lowest Male Voice, With The Average Compass Of From F To F Two Octaves Above; Deep Basses Exceed This Limit Downwards And High Ones Reach Higher Notes; (2) The Lowest Part In The Harmony Of A Musical Composition. It Is The Most ...
Bass_2
Bass, The Name Of Various Trimly Shaped, Active, Gamy Fishes Of Both Fresh And Salt Water, Mostly In Northern Regions. The Term Was Originally Applied To The Morone Labrax Of The West Coast Of Europe, And Was Thence Trans Ferred To Many Other Fishes Having A Real Or Fancied Likeness ...
Bass_3
Bass, Culture Of. The Artificial Culture Of American Bass Is Of Recent Growth, Owing Principally To Ignorance Of The Proper Methods. Considerable Pond-space Is Required, Certainty That The Water Is Clean And That The Temperature Is Not Likely To Fall Much Below 60° F. During The Spawning Season. Bass Will ...
Bassi
Bassi, Bas'se, Ugo, Barnabite Monk, And Distinguished Italian Patriot: B. 1804 At Cento, In The Roman States, Of An Italian Father And Greek Mother. He Was Much Distinguished Among The Brethren For His Extraordinary Learn Ing And Talents. The Liberality Of His Political Opinions, However, Rendered Him Obnoxious To The ...
Bassompierre
Bassompierre, Ba-siiii-pe-fir, Francois (friii-swir) De, Marshal Of France, One Of The Most Distinguished Men Of The Courts Of Henry Iv And Louis Xiii, Descended From A Branch Of The House Of Cleves: B. Lorraine- 1579; D. 1646. In His Youth He Studied Philoso Phy, Jurisprudence, Medicine And The Military Art. ...
Bassora
Bassora, Bas-so'ra, Or Basrah, Bas'ra, Turkey In Asia, A City Situated Between Two And Three Miles On The West Side Of And On A Navi Gable Canal Leading About Two Miles From The Shat-el-arab, As The United Stream Of The Tigris And Euphrates Is Called, About Half Way Between The ...
Bastard
Bastard, One Begotten And Born Out Of Lawful Wedlock, Or Born During Wedlock Where The Husband Was Under The Age Of Puberty, Or Where The Husband Had Died At Such A Time That There Was No Possibility Of His Being The Father, Or Where There Was No Possibility Of Access ...