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• Venetian Lagoon — The Venetian Lagoon is the enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Venetian language, Laguna Veneta cognate of Latin lacus , lake has provided the international name for an enclosed, shallow… …   Wikipedia

• Venetian Ghetto — The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jewish people were compelled to live under the Venetian Republic. It is from its name, in the Venetian language, that the word ghetto , used in many languages, is derived.EtymologyThe name is… …   Wikipedia

• The Slavs —     The Slavs     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs     I. NAME     A. Slavs     At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav. This name did not appear in history until a late period, but it has superseded all others. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Bollandists —     The Bollandists     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists     An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Venetian cuisine — This article is part of the series …   Wikipedia

• Venetian language — infobox language name=Venetian nativename=Vèneto states=Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Brazil (States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina under the name of Taliàn with influence of Portuguese and some other Northern Italian languages), Mexico (in… …   Wikipedia

• The Winter's Tale — This article is about Shakespeare s play. For other uses, see Winter s Tale (disambiguation). Act II, scene 3: Antigonus swears his loyalty to Leontes, in an attempt to save Leontes young daughter s life. From a painting by John Opie… …   Wikipedia

• The Jew of Malta — is a play by Christopher Marlowe, probably written in 1589 or 1590.The title character, Barabas the Jew, is a complex character likely to provoke mixed reactions in an audience. Like Marlowe s other protagonists, such as Tamburlaine and Doctor… …   Wikipedia

• History of the Cyclades — The Cyclades (Greek: Κυκλάδες / Kykládes ) are Greek islands located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; just 33 islands are inhabited. For the ancients, they formed a circle… …   Wikipedia

• Venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, esp. that from the island of Murano. [1835 45] * * * Variety of glassware made in Venice from the 13th century to the present. In the 15th century efforts were concentrated on the perfection of… …   Universalium