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Rimini

(Encyclopedia) RiminiRiminirēˈmēnē [key], anc. Ariminum, city (1991 pop. 127,960), in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a highly diversified industrial, commercial, and…

Scribe, Augustin Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Scribe, Augustin EugèneScribe, Augustin EugèneōgüstăNˈ özhĕnˈ skrēb [key], 1791–1861, French dramatist and librettist. He began his prolific and highly successful writing career with…

sertão

(Encyclopedia) sertãosertãosərˈtouN [key] [Port.,=backlands], semiarid hinterland of NE Brazil; c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km). Its characteristic landscape is the caatinga, or thorny scrub forest.…

Field, Stephen Johnson

(Encyclopedia) Field, Stephen Johnson, 1816–99, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1863–97), b. Haddam, Conn. After practicing law for several years in New York City with…

Covington

(Encyclopedia) Covington Covington kŭvˈĭngtən [key], city (2020 pop. 40,181), seat of Kenton co., N central Ky., at…

Giordano, Luca

(Encyclopedia) Giordano, LucaGiordano, Lucal&oomacr;ˈkä jōrdäˈnō [key], 1632–1705, Italian decorative painter, b. Naples. He was the pupil of Ribera and Pietro da Cortona. He imitated the works…

Castagno, Andrea del

(Encyclopedia) Castagno, Andrea delCastagno, Andrea deländrĕˈä dĕl kästäˈnyō [key], c.1423–1457, major Florentine painter of the early Renaissance. His first recorded painting (1440; now destroyed),…

Angelico, Fra

(Encyclopedia) Angelico, FraAngelico, Frafrä änjĕlˈĭkō [key], c.1400–1455, Florentine painter, b. Vicchio, Tuscany. He was variously named Guido (his baptismal name), or Guidolino, di Pietro; and…