Difference between revisions of "Ferrara"

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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121427" /> ==
<p> (n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the [[Ferrara]] family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in [[England]] and [[Scotland]] in the 16th and 17th centuries. </p>
       
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73196" /> ==
<p> A broadsword bearing the name of [[Andrea]] Ferrara, one of an [[Italian]] family famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the quality of their swords. </p>
       
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Ferrara <ref name="term_73193" />
<ref name="term_121427"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ferrara Ferrara from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
<p> A fortified and walled [[Italian]] city, capital of the province of the name, situated on a low and marshy plain between the dividing branches of the Po, 30 m. from the Adriatic; it has many fine ecclesiastical buildings and a university founded in 1264, with a library of 100,000 vols., but now a mere handful of students; a fine old Gothic castle, the residence of the Estes ( <i> q. v </i> .), still stands; it was the birthplace of Savonarola, and the sometime dwelling-place of Tasso and Ariosto; once populous and prosperous, it has now fallen into decay. </p>
       
 
<ref name="term_73196"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ferrara Ferrara from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
== References ==
       
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<ref name="term_73193"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ferrara+(2) Ferrara from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 15 October 2021

Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

A broadsword bearing the name of Andrea Ferrara, one of an Italian family famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the quality of their swords.

References

  1. ↑ Ferrara from Webster's Dictionary
  2. ↑ Ferrara from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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