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- Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] since the early [[20th century]]; ...
7: ...heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of ...
10: ...il on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
11: ...76]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]...
12: ... before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of towns where preparations w... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ... ("the Angelic [[Friar]]"), or in [[Continental Europe]] as '''Beato Angelico''' ("the Blessed Angelic...
7: ...within thirty years after his death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[1984]].
9: ... art, that very soon became famous. He had the patronage of [[Cosimo de' Medici]]. According to Vasari...
13: ...orks are the [[Annunciation]] of Cortona, the ''Coronation of the Virgin'' in the convent of Fiesole, ...
15: ...m [[1418]] to [[1436]] he was back at Fiesole; in 1436 he was transferred to the Dominican convent of S.... - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
5: ...[Van Eyck]] family of painters and was a younger brother of [[Hubert van Eyck]].
7: ... court painters to [[Philip the Good|Philip of Charolais]].
9: ... of 100 [[livre tournois|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his death Jan van Eyck remained t...
15: Numerous altarpieces and portraits now give proof of Van Eyck's extensive practice. As finished w...
19: ...Eyck was quite able to work in the spirit of his brother. He had not only the lines of Hubert's compos... - Astrolabe (4446 bytes)
2: ...[Image:astrolab.JPG|thumb|right|A 16th century astrolabe.]]
4: The '''astrolabe''' is a historical astronomical instrument and analog computer. Its many ...
6: ...veloped by [[Abraham Zacuto]] in Lisbon, which improved on the accuracy of its wooden [[Arabian]] prec...
8: ...te. Some astrolabes have a narrow ''rule'' which rotates over the rete, and may be marked with a scal...
10: ...tation represents the passage of one day. The astrolabe is therefore a predecessor of the modern [[pl... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
1: ...:ac.pantheon1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Pantheon, Rome]]
3: ...ely intact and which has been in continuous use throughout its history.
6: ...ginal Pantheon was built in [[27 BC]] under the [[Roman Republic]], during the third [[consul|consulsh...
9: ...ractice in Hadrian's rebuilding projects all over Rome.
11: ...oman Empire]] who did not worship the old gods of Rome, or who (as was increasingly the case) worshipp...
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