Decameron: alternatives and connections

A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly ap…

A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

the doctrine and practice of a 19th century Iranian sect that affirmed the progressiveness of revelation, held that no revelation was…

Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5…

Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.

A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, dur…

The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

the art of modeling in wax.; "Although too late in date for Piranesi to have been directly influenced by this set, the Italian origins…

The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed…

Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Ital…

A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has…

A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the…

A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Ariu…

The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty…

A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the doub…

Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

A small haven. See Hithe. I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and…