Federico FagginBorn: 1941Birthplace: Vicenza, Italy Microprocessor concept and architecture—Ted Hoff was the first to recognize that Intel's new silicon-gated MOS technology might make a…
AïdaIl Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)La BohèmeBoris GodunovCarmenCavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry)La Cenerentola (Cinderella)Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann)Cosi…
King of the Silures, a tribe of ancient Britons, was mortally wounded in the battle of Camlan, in Cornwall, raised by the revolt of his nephew, Modred. He was taken to Glastonbury, where…
Bessee, the beggar's daughter of Bednall Green. Bessee was very beautiful, and was courted by four suitors at once- a knight, a gentleman of fortune, a London merchant, and the son of the…
In the preamble of the statutes instituting the Order of St. Michael, founded in 1469 by Louis XI., the archangel is styled “my lord,” and is created a knight. The apostles had been…
“Nom de guerre ” is French for a “war name,” but really means an assumed name. It was customary at one time for everyone who entered the French army to assume a name, this was especially…
(A), in theatrical language, means a popular actor. Star (in Christian art). St. Bruno bears one on his breast; St. Dominic, St. Humbert, St. Peter of Alcantare, one over their head, or…
(The Holy). In French, San Graal. This must not be confounded with the san-greal or sang-real, for the two are totally distinct. The “Grail” is either the paten or dish which held the…
A corruption of Surloin. (French, surlonge.) La partie due baeuf qui reste aprèsqu'on en a coupél'épaule et la cuisse. In Queen Elizabeth's “Progresses,” one of the items mentioned under…
(pron. Or-gole'-yo). The word is Italian, and means “Arrogant Pride,” or The Man of Sin. A hideous giant as tall as three men; he was son of Earth and Wind. Finding the Red Cross Knight at…
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