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Recent Discoveries: Slimy Cave Critters

Researchers exploring a mile-deep area of a Mexican cavern called Cueva De Villa Luiz (Cave of the Lighted House), in Tabasco state, discovered strange viscous colonies of single-cell…

Gaulli, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia) Gaulli, Giovanni BattistaGaulli, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä gä&oomacr;lˈlē [key], 1639–1709, Italian painter, called Baciccia or Baciccio. He was noted for his airy,…

Malindi

(Encyclopedia) MalindiMalindimälĭnˈdē [key], town, SE Kenya, on the Indian Ocean. It is a beach resort and a commercial center. Probably founded in the 10th cent. by Arab traders, Malindi became an…

Boker, George Henry

(Encyclopedia) Boker, George HenryBoker, George Henrybōˈkər [key], 1823–90, American poet and playwright, b. Philadelphia, grad. Princeton, 1842. He is best remembered for his romantic and heroic…

Brewer's: Elvira

(Donna). A lady deceived by Don Giovanni, who deluded her into a liaison with his valet, Leporello. (Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni.) Elvira. A lady who loved Ernani, the robber-captain,…

Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y

(Encyclopedia) Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva yVelázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva yrôᵺrēˈgāth ᵺā sēlˈvä ē vāläthˈkāth [key], 1599–1660, b. Seville. He was the most celebrated painter of the…

Costa, António Luís Santos da

(Encyclopedia) Costa, António Luís Santos da, 1961–, Portuguese lawyer and political leader, b. Lisbon. A Socialist, he served on Lisbon's municipal council in the 1980s, then in the national…

Guimarães

(Encyclopedia) GuimarãesGuimarãesgēməräNshˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 48,200), Braga dist., NW Portugal, in Minho. It has textile and cutlery manufactures, but its main importance is historical.…

Lorenzo di Credi

(Encyclopedia) Lorenzo di CrediLorenzo di Credilōrĕnˈtsō dē krĕˈdē [key], 1459–1537, Florentine painter. He spent his early years in the workshop of Verrocchio, whom he assisted in the painting of an…