Bologna
N. Italy. In the Middle Ages its university (founded in the 12th cent.) was the chief centre in Europe for the study of canon and civil law.
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Spencer Weinreich
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4 ed.)
... (Bologna, 1938). G. Zanelli , Bibliografia per la storia dell’Università di Bologna: dalle origini al 1945, aggioranta al 1983 (Bologna, 1985). P. Prodi and L. Paolini (eds), Storia della Chiesa di Bologna (2 vols, Bologna and Bergamo, 1997). A. I. Pini , Città, chiesa e culti civici in Bologna medievale (Bologna, 1999). G. M. Anselmi , A. De Benedictis , and N. Terpstra (eds), Bologna: Cultural Crossroads from the Medieval to the Baroque (Bologna, 2013). S. R. Blanshei (ed.), A Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Bologna ...
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World Encyclopedia
... City at the foot of Apennines, n central Italy; capital of Bologna and Emilia-Romagna province. Originally an Etruscan town, Felsina, it was colonized by Rome in the 2nd century bc . It has an 11th-century university, the incomplete Church of San Petronio ( 1390 ) and the Palazzo Comunale. Industries: mechanical and electrical engineering, agricultural machinery, publishing, chemicals. Pop. ( 2001 )...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 ed.)
... , N. Italy. In the Middle Ages its university (founded in the 12th cent.) was the chief centre in Europe for the study of canon and civil...
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A Dictionary of Publishing
...Bologna Italian city which hosts an international Children’s book fair in March or April each year. The Bologna Children’s book fair allows publishers to display their wares and buy and sell rights. It attracts literary agents, TV and film producers, illustrators, printers, and other suppliers to the publishing industry. See also Frankfurt . http://www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it/en/home/878.html The Bologna Book Fair website ...
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
...di Bologna , i (Bologna, 1541/ R 1979) P. Lamo : Graticola di Bologna (Bologna, 1560); ed. G. Roversi (1977) P. C. Ghirardacci : Della historia di Bologna , 3 vols (Bologna, 1596–1657) G. Guidicini : Case notabili della città di Bologna , 5 vols (Bologna, 1868–73) G. Gozzadini : Delle torri gentilizie di Bologna (Bologna, 1875) F. Cavazza : Le scuole dell’antico studio bolognese (Milan, 1896) F. Malaguzzi Valeri : L’architettura a Bologna nel rinascimento (Bologna, 1899) L. Sighinolfi : L’architettura bentivolesca in Bologna e il...
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Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
... US frequency (2010): 1827 Italian: habitational name from the city of Bologna in northern Italy. In early classical times this was an independent Tuscan city called Felsina , but was renamed Bononia (a derivative of Celtic bona ‘foundation, settlement’) when it became a Roman colony in 190 bc . Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Vito, Antonio, Gino, Mario, Carmine, Ciro, Domenic, Enza, Gasper, Geno, Salvatore, Sante, Vincenza, Aurelio, Enzo,...
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
...rather than as princes. In 1506 Pope Julius II absorbed Bologna into the Papal state , by which it was ruled until 1796 . In the sixteenth century, the Emperor Charles V was crowned in Bologna, the historian Francesco Guicciardini served as a particularly brutal papal governor ( 1531–4 ), and the city hosted the eighth session of the Council of Trent (March– September 1547 ), which met in the Palazzo Bevilacqua, the finest surviving Renaissance building in Bologna. In painting, Bologna produced no great artists before Francia and Niccolò...
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
...their effect. Maiolica was frequently imported into Bologna from Florence, Venice and Faenza . By 1595 , however, maiolica workshops had been established in Bologna and production of both types of wares continued. During the late 19th century the factory of Angelo Minghetti ( 1822–92 ) was known for its excellent reproductions of Renaissance maiolica, some of which were bought as genuine Renaissance pieces. Aemilia arts (founded in Bologna in 1898 ) also produced some fine ceramics. W. B. Honey : Bologna Pottery of the Renaissance Period , Burl. Mag. ,...
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The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
... . First a commune and then a signoria in the Middle Ages , Bologna was dominated by the Bentivoglio family for much of the 15th c., and became part of the Papal States from 1506 onwards. The city is the home of the oldest university in Europe, founded in the late 11th c. and renowned for the study of Roman law . This gave rise to the medieval genre of the commentary , which was then extended to Latin and Greek literature, and enjoyed considerable success at the university in later centuries with such teachers as Filippo Beroaldo and ...
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
...della città di Bologna, dal 1116 al 1280 , Bologna, 1975 (It. tr. of Geschichte der Stadt Bologna von 1116 bis 1280, Berlin, 1910). F. Bonnard , “ Bologne ”, DHGE , 9, 1937, 645-660. A. Ferri , G. Roversi , Storia di Bologna , Bologna, 1984 (2nd ed.). Jean-Louis Gaulin University Contrary to the medieval legend that ascribed its origins to a law school founded by the Emperor Theodosius II in 423 or to modern theories that would find a precedent for it in the hypothetical episcopal schools of the 11th c., the university of Bologna came into being...
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Howard Sargeant
Dictionary Plus Social Sciences
...Bologna A city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna province, at the foot of the Apennine mountains. Established as a settlement by the Etruscans, it has long been a centre for culture and learning and is home to the oldest university in the world, founded in 1088 . Its medieval centre is remarkably well preserved. It was the European capital of culture in 2000 . Population ( 2015 ) 386,300. Howard Sargeant...
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.)
...Bologna , Emilia–Romagna/Italy ( Felsina, Bononia ) A Villanovan settlement from before 1000 bc , it became Etruscan in about 500 bc and was called Felsina. It fell to the Celtic Boii tribe in about 350 bc ; they made it their capital and renamed it Bononia after themselves. In due course, this evolved into the present name which is widely used to describe a type of spaghetti, spaghetti Bolognese....
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A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil Engineering (2 ed.)
... process A series of ministerial meetings and agreements between European countries designed to create comparable standards, hence quality of higher education qualifications throughout the European Union. It was founded in 1999 by 29 European countries at the University of Bologna, hence its name. See also dublin accord , sydney accord , washington accord...
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A Dictionary of Education (2 ed.)
...by the UK government in London. The Process is promoted in UK higher education institutions ( HEIs ) by a national team of fourteen Bologna Promoters , funded by the European Commission. The Promoters' role is to advise HEIs on the implementation of the ECTS and on the implementation of student and teacher mobility between member states. They also provide HEIs with current information about the progress of the Bologna Process. Under the terms of the Process, HEIs are encouraged to develop courses whose content reflects a European perspective, and to...
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The Oxford Companion to the Garden
..., Giovanni da . See Giambologna...
Jacopo da Bologna (c.1340–86) Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
...da Bologna ( fl . c .1340–86 ) Composer and *music theorist ; credited with 31 *madrigals and other works. His Non al suo amante is the only contemporary setting of a *Petrarch poem. Peter M. Lefferts K. von Fischer and G. D’Agostino , ‘ Jacopo da Bologna ’, NGD2 , vol. 12, 737–40. W. T. Marrocco , ed., The Music of Jacopo da Bologna ...
Bombolognus of Bologna (1279×91) Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
...of Bologna (d. 1279×91 ) *Dominican , lector principalis in the * studium generale of *Bologna , he wrote on *logic and completed a *commentary on the * Sentences . He opposed *Thomas Aquinas , whose doctrine of theology as a science he considered incompatible with post-lapsarian human nature. Lidia Lanza A. D’Amato , ‘ Bombolognus de Musolinis da Bologna ’, Sapienza , 1 (1948), 75–90, 232–52. C. Piana , ‘ L’influsso di san Bonaventura nella cristologia di Bombologno di Bologna ’, Antonianum , 23 (1948),...
Vitale da Bologna (c.1300×9–1359×61) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Western Art
...his surname, de Equis ( c. 1340–5 ; Bologna, Pin. Naz.). His signed and dated Madonna dei Denti ( 1345 ; Bologna, Palazzo Davia-Bargellini) is a personalized version of Giotto 's Bologna Polyptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints (Bologna, Pin. Naz.), Giotto and Buffalmacco having a recognizable influence on his maturing style and compositions. The S. Salvatore Polyptych ( 1352 ; Bologna, S. Salvatore) shows the richness and refinement of his mature panel paintings. Robert Gibbs Gnudi, C. , Vitale da Bologna ...
Bologna Ragazzi Awards Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2 ed.)
...Bologna Ragazzi Awards A range of awards announced annually at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the world’s leading trade fair for children’s books. Bologna Ragazzi Awards, selected by an international jury, are given in a number of (varying) categories, which include ‘ Opera Prima ’ (for debuts), ‘New Horizons’ (for publishers from the Arab world, Latin America, Asia, and Africa), and ‘Digital’ (for children’s books-inspired apps and other innovative products using interactive...
Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463) Reference library
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
...of Bologna ( 1413–1463 ) Caterina Vigri , born at Bologna of a diplomat father, was introduced to the ducal court of Niccolò III d'Este where she received a Humanist Education . On her father's death, in c. 1427 she entered a community of Franciscan tertiaries who, under the influence of Friars Minor of the observance , evolved towards a religious life with Vows . In 1432 she adopted the Rule of St Clare , but with revenues and Property . In 1456 , with some companions, she founded the monastery of Corpus Domini at Bologna, becoming...
