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(Encyclopedia) Babrius bāˈbrēəs [key], fl. 2d cent.?, Greek fabulist, versifier of the fables of Aesop. Many of the medieval prose collections of Aesop were based on Babrius. He may have been a Hellenized Roman....

(Encyclopedia) pillar, freestanding columnar supporting member. It is a general term, little used as an exact architectural definition except as applied to an upright support in the medieval styles, consisting of an...

(Encyclopedia) Mull, island, 351 sq mi (909 sq km), Argyll and Bute, NW Scotland, largest island of the Inner Hebrides, separated from the mainland by the Sound of Mull and the Firth of Lorn. The land is mountainous...

(Encyclopedia) Éboli ĕˈbōlē [key], town, in Campania, S Italy. It is an agricultural and market center....

(Encyclopedia) Iglesias ēglāˈzyäs [key], town, SW Sardinia, Italy. The zinc and lead mines of the region ...

(Encyclopedia) Amersfoort äˈmərsfōrt [key], city, Utrecht prov., central Netherlands. It is a transportation and manufacturing center. Points of interest include a 14th-century water...

(Encyclopedia) Roermond ro͞orˈmônd [key], city (1994 pop. 43,110), Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, at the confluence of the Maas (Meuse) and Roer rivers. It has an agricultural market. Manufactures include chemica...

(Encyclopedia) Pennsylvania, University of, in Philadelphia; private with some state support; coeducational. It dates to 1740 and plans for a charity school, and the first predecessor opened in 1751 as an academy, l...

(Encyclopedia) Bern or Berne bĕrn [key], canton, 2,658 sq mi (6,883 sq km), W central Switzerland. The seco...

(Encyclopedia) Vehmgericht fāˈmĭk [key], in medieval Germany, a type of criminal tribunal. The inability of the Holy Roman emperors to exercise effective central control over their lands and the extensive feudal ...