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Ravens croft (rā'venz-kroft), Edward. An English dramatist of the 17th century. He was a student of law in the Temple. His works include "The Carele Lovers" (1673), "Mama mouch i, or the Citizen turned Gentleman" (1675), "Scaramouch" (1677), "The Wrangling Lovers, or the Invisible Mistre " (1677), "King Edgar and Alfred a" (1677), "The English Lawyer" La translation of the Latin play ognoramus "The London Cuckolds" (1683), "Dame Dobson, the Cunning Woman" (1684), "The Canterbury Guests, or a Bargain Broken" (1695), "The Anatomist, or the Sham Doctor" (1697), "The Italian Husband" (1697). Ravenspur (rā'vn-sper). A place (now submerged) on the coast of Yorkshire, England, near Spurn Head, where Henry IV. landed in 1399 and Edward IV. in 1471. Ravens wood (rā'venz-wud), Edgar, Master of. The lover of Lucy Ashton in Scott's "Bride of Lammer moor." A melancholy and revengeful man, reproaches her, is challenged by her brother, and perishes finding her, he faithle to him, he in a quicksand on his way to the meeting. Ravi (rä'vē), or Maravi (mä-rä'vē). A Bantu tribe of British Nyas sal and, central Africa, of 1272. Raven (ra'vn), The. A notable poem by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1845. Ravenna (ra-ven'ä; It. pron. rä-ven'nä). 1. A province in the compart i men to of Emilia, Italy. Area, 715 square miles. Population (1891), 223,013.-2. The capital of the province of Ravenna, situated between the Ronco and Lamone, 6 miles from the Adriatic, in lat. 44° 25′ N., long. 12° 12′ E.: the Roman Ravenna. It is famous for its churches (basilicas of the late-Roman and Byzantine periods). The cathedral, founded in the 4th century, but remodeled in the 18th, was a 5-aisled basilica with mosaics, but is now a 3-aisled domed church with grotesque ornament. The venerable circular campanile and the crypt are of the original construction. There are several noteworthy frescos by Guido Reni. San Giovanni Evangelist a is a votive church built in 425 by