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Italian Renaissance wood mosaic, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Italian Renaissance wood mosaic, (1898). Fig 1: From the choir-stalls in S. Anastasia at Verona. Fig 2: From the dado of the vestry-shrines in S. Maria in Organo ibid. Figs 3-7: From the choir-stalls ibid.Fig 8: From the choir-stalls in Monte Oliveto maggiore. Figs 9-10: From the choir-stalls in S. Petronio at Bologna. (Ground of the centre-compartments black). Figs 11-13: From the choir-stalls in the Certosa near Pavia. (In Fig 12 ground black)...Wood-carving in general was highly flourishing, as is known, in the Renaissance-period, especially however (in the highest degree) one branch of it, termed Intarsia, i. e. inlaid wood-work, with which stalls, shrines in vestries etc., were most richly decorated...'. Plate 48 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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Headstone of Giuseppe Belli (1791-1860). Italian physicist a

Headstone of Giuseppe Belli (1791-1860). Italian physicist and mathematician. Carrara marble. Relief depicting a portrait of Belli inside a medallion with some instruments relating to physics. University of Pavia. Italy

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ALARCӎ, Hernando de (1466 - 1540). Spanish military

ALARCӎ, Hernando de (1466 - 1540). Spanish military that excelled in the Italian Wars. He participated in the Battle of Pavia in 1525, the sack of Rome in 1527 and the Tunisian campaign of Charles V in 1535. Portrait in 'Retratos de Espa񯬥s ilustres'. Madrid. 1791. Engraving. SPAIN. ARAGON. Zaragoza. Academia General Militar (General Military Academy)

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