Biography Category
( ´z k) (KEY) [Heb.,=laughter], according to the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis, Isaac was the only son of Abraham and Sara. He marri...
( säb ´lä) (KEY) , ruins of a town on the north shore of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic, at the base of Cape Isabela. Believed to have been ...
1371–1435, French queen, consort of Charles VI, daughter of the duke of Bavaria. After her marriage (1385) she was several times regent for her deme...
(Isaac Comnenus) ( ´z k k mn ´n s) (KEY) , c.1005–1061, Byzantine emperor (1057–59), first of the Comneni dynasty. Proclaimed emperor by the arm...
(zhäN bät st´ zäb ´) (KEY) , 1767–1855, French portrait painter and miniaturist. He was a pupil of J. L. David and was greatly influenced by F...
(h n´r kh ´zäk) (KEY) , c.1450–1517, Flemish composer. Isaac, a prolific and versatile composer, traveled widely in Europe, serving at the court...