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( b´´r k d b´r ) (KEY) , magical formula used by the Gnostics (see Gnosticism) to invoke the aid of benevolent spirits to ward off disease and affl...
(Johann Adam Bernhard von Bartsch) (ä´däm f n bärch) (KEY) , 1757–1821, Austrian engraver, etcher, and writer. His critical catalogue, Le Peintr...
system under which a person (or a corporation) controls and derives income from land in a region where he does not reside. Abuses existed in absenteei...
( b ´d s) (KEY) , ancient city of Egypt, c.50 mi (80 km) NW of Thebes. Associated in religion with Osiris, Abydos became the most venerated place in ...
(b nör´) (KEY) , 1822–99, French painter of animals. She was a pupil of her father, Raymond Bonheur. Her paintings were regularly exhibited in the...
(äNdr ´ l n ´tr ) (KEY) , 1613–1700, French landscape architect. Lenôtre’s first important design, the park of Vaux-le-Vicomte, attracted the ...