An Italian sculptor, noted for his reliefs in produced in 1781

It contains some peculiarly felicitous blunders in situation and character. glazed terra-cotta. In 1442 he made the reliefs on the façade of the Duomo at Modena. From 1446 to 1454 A-Green. See George-a-Green. where his beautiful façade of the church of San Bernarhe lived in Rimini. From Rimini he went to Perugia, Agrib (ä'greb), or Jebel Ghareb (jeb'el ghä'dino, with its terra-cottas and party-colored marbles, forms reb). A mountain in middle Egypt, lat. 28° one of the most charming examples of polychromatic 12′ N., long. 32° 42′ E., about 5,300 feet high. architecture in Italy. Also Agreeb , Agarrib , Jebel Khareeb , etc. A German landscape and portrait-painter. Agricola, Cnæus Julius. Born at Forum Julii (Fréjus), June 13, A. D. 37: died at Rome, Aug. 23, A. D. 93. A Roman soldier and statesman, son of the senator Julius Græcinas, and the father Agoult (ä-gö'), Comte e d' (Marie Catherine Agricane (ä-gre-kä'ne). In Boiardo's "Orlando Sophie de Flavigny): pseudonym Daniel In nam or a to," a king of Tatary who is in comStern. Born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Dec. mand of an enormous army, but is killed by 31,1805: died at Paris, March 5, 1876. A French Orlando in single combat. writer. Her works include "Esqui es morales et pol i- Agricola (a-grik'ō-lã), Chris toph Ludwig. "Nélid a," etc. She lived for a time with Liszt, and of her tiques" (1849), "His to ire de la révolution de 1848" (1851), Born at Ratisbon, Nov. 5, 1667: died there, 1719. three daughters by him one married Von Bülow and afterward Wagner. Agow (a-gou'). A branch of the Ethiopian family constituting a large part of the population of Aby in i a. They inhabit parts of Amhara and Tigré. Agra (ä'grä). 1. A division of the Northwestern Provinces of British India. Area, 10,151 square miles. Population (1881), 4,834,064.-2. A district of the division of Agra, intersected by lat. 27° N., long. 78° E. Area, 1,846 square miles. Population (1891), 1,003,796.-3. The capital of the division and district of Agra, situated on the Jumna about lat. 27° 10' N., long. 78° E. It is a military and commercial center, and exports raw silk, sugar, and indigo. It was the capital of the Mogul empire during the last part of the 16th and the first part of the 17th century, and was captured by the British in 1803. The English in Agra were besieged lati on, including cantonment (1891), 168,662. Among the in the fort by the mutineers, Aug.-Oct., 1857. Popunoted buildings of Agra are: (1) The palace of Akbar, ma ively built of red sandstone, richly sculptured, and in its lintel-construction the marks of Hindu influence on the Indian-Saracenic style. (2) Adjoining lies the palace of Shah Jehan, half a century later in date, and forming a strong contrast in its white marble arch i tecture, its dentel lated arcades, and its inlaid work of arabesques and flowers in colored stone. (3) The Pearl Mosque, another notable foundation of Shah Jehan. The in-law of Tacitus. He served first under Suet on i us Paul in us in Britain; in 63 was appointed quæstor in Asia under the proconsul Salvius Titian us; in 70 was raised by Vespas i an to the command of the 20th legion in Britain; and from 74 to 76 was governor of the province of A quit an i a. On his recall he was elected consul and a igned the province of Southern Britain. In seven campaigns from 78 to 84 he pacified the rest of Britain as far as the northern boundary of Perth and Argyll. He was recalled to Rome in 84. Agricola (originally Bauer), Georg. Born at Glauchau, Saxony, March 24, 1490: died at Chemnitz, Saxony, Nov. 21, 1555. A German mineralogist, author of a treatise on metallurgy, "De re metallica" (1530), ete. Agricola (originally Sneider), Johann. Born at Eisleben, Germany, April 20, 1492: died at Berlin, Sept. 22, 1566. A German Protestant theologian and reformer, preacher in Eisleben, profe or in Wittenberg, and later court preach er in Berlin. He was a leader of the Antinomians. He published various theological works, and a collection of German proverbs (1529-48). Agricola, Johann Fried rich. Born at Dobit Agricola, Johann Fried rich schen, Saxe-Altenburg, Jan. 4, 1720: died at Berlin, Nov. 12, 1774. A German organist and composer, director of the Royal Chapel at Berlin 1759-74. Agricola (originally Sohr or Sore), Martin. Born at Sorau, Brandenburg, about 1486: died at Magdeburg, June 10, 1556. A German musician and writer on music, musical director at Magdeburg, notable for his attempt to improve musical notation: author of "Ein Kurtz deutsche Music a" (1528), "Music a instrumental is deudsch" (1529), etc. Agricola, Rodolphus (Roelof Huysmann). Born at Laflo, near Groningen, in 1443: died at Heidelberg in 1485. A Dutch scholar, painter, and musician, lecturer on Greek and Roman literature at Worms and Heidelberg after 482. He was an influential promotor of cla i: tione Dialectic a." discharges water, and destroyed old Guatemala by floods, Sept. 8, 1541. Aguadilla (a-gwä-Thel'yä). A seaport at the northwestern extremity of Porto Rico. Aguado (ä-gwä'THō), Juan de. A Spaniard who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage to America (1493), returned to Spain next year and was made royal commi ioner to investigate the affairs of Hispaniola. He arrived there in Oct., 1495, and returned to Spain 1496. Nothing is known of his previous or subsequent history. Agua Fria (ä'gwa fre'ä) Creek. A tributary of the Gila River in Arizona. Aguas Calientes (ä'gwäs kä-le-en'tes). [Sp., 'hot springs.'] A state of Mexico, bounded by Zacatecas on the west, north, and east, and by Jalisco on the south. Area, 2,895 square miles. Population (1892), 142, 185. Aguas Calientes. The capital of the state of Agri Decumates. See Decumates Agri . Agrigentum (ag-ri-jen'tum). The ancient name Girgenti: the Akragas ( Ακράγας ). It was founded by colonists from Gela about 582 B. C.. In the middle of the 6th century B. C. it was ruled by the tyrant Phalaris: afterward its government was in turn oligarchic and republican. It was most flourishing in the 5th century B. C., when it was a great commercial center, with nearly 1,000,000 (?) inhabitants. In 406 B. c. it was plundered by Carthage, and was rebuilt and received a Syra cusan colony. In the Punic wars it sided with Carthage, and was eventually annexed by Rome, and became of little importance. For its later history and ruins, see Girgenti , Agrippa (a-grip'ä), Cornel i us He in rich (called Agrippa of Nettesheim). Born at Cologne, Pru ia, Sept. 14, 1486: died at Grenoble, France, Feb. 18, 1535. A German philosopher and student of alchemy and magic, author of "De incertitudine et vanitate scient i arum" (1527), "De occult a philosophia" (1510), etc. Agrippa I., Herod. Born about 11 B. c.: died at Cæsarea, Palestine, 44 A. D. A grandson of Herod the Great, appointed king over the tetrarchies of northeastern Palestine, 37 A. D., and in 41 A. D. over Judea also. He persecuted the Christians, 44 A. D. (Acts xii.), and is said to have died in a horrible manner. Acts xii. 23. Agrippa II., Herod. Born about 27 A. D.: died at Rome, 91-93. Son of Herod Agrippa I., made prince of Chalcis 48 A. D., and king over northern Palestine in 52. He sided with the Romans in the conquest of Jerusalem. It was before him that Paul was brought. Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius. Born at Rome, 63 в. с.: died in Camp an i a, 12 в. с. A Roman commander, of obscure origin, the leading statesman of the reign of August us. He served under Octavius in the Per us in i an war, and in Gaul and Germany; defeated Sextus Pompey at Mylæ and Naulochus 36 B. C.; was consul 37, and redile 33; served at Actium 31; dedicated the Pantheon 27; was governor of Syria 17; and was tribune with August us 18-13 в. с. He was the father of Vipsania, first wife of Tiberius and mother of Drusus. His third wife was Julia, the daughter of August us and widow of Mar cell us. Agrippa, Menenius. A character in Shakspere's Coriolanus." Agrippa Post umus. Born 12 B. C.: died 14 A. D. A posthumous son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa by Julia, the daughter of August us, adopted by August us in 4 B. C., and murdered in prison on the acce ion of Tiberius, probably by the order of Livia. A grip pin a (ag-ri-pinä). Born about 13 B. c.: died at Pan dataria, near Naples, 33 A. D. The youngest daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, the daughter of August us: wife of Germanic us and mother of Caligula. She incurred the hatred of Tiberius and Sejanus, and by them was banished to Pan dataria, where she died of voluntary starvation. She was a woman of lofty character. A grip pin a, Julia. Born at Oppidum Ubiorum (named for her Coloni a A grip pin a, the modern Cologne), about 15 A. D.: put to death at the Lucrine Lake, near Baiæ, 60 or 59. A daughter of Germanic us and A grip pin a, and wife of Domitius A he no barb us by whom she was mother of Nero. Later she married Crispus Pa ienus, and, 49 A. D., Claudius whom she poisoned 54 A. D. She was a woman of scandalous life and unbounded ambition and had great influence in the early part of Nero's reign: but she was murdered by his order. There is a fine sitting portrait-statue of her in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. Agtelek (og'te-lek). A village in the county of Gömör, Hungary, noted for its cavern (or Baradla), which is, after the Adelsberg, the largest stalactite grotto in Europe. Agu (ä-gö'), or Aku (ä-kö'). An old Chaldean name of the moon-god; in later Babylonian and A yrian, Sin (which see). Agua (ä'gwä), or Volcan de Agua. [Sp., 'volcano of water.] A conical mountain 25 miles southwest of Guatemala, 12,197 feet high. It the same name, about lat. 21° 55′ N., long. 101° 50′ W. There are hot springs in the vicinity (whence the name). Population (1892), Ague-Cheek (a'gū-chek), Sir Andrew. character in Shakspere's comedy "Twelfth Night," a timid, silly but amusing country squire. Agüero (ä-gö-a'rō), Cristóbal. Born in San Luis de la Paz, Michoacan, 1600: date of death not recorded. A Mexican Dominican mi ionary, who spent the greater part of his life laboring among the Zapotecan Indians. He left several works on their language. Agüero, Joaquin de. Born at Puerto Principe, Nov. 15, 1816: died there, Aug. 12, 1851. A Cuban revolutionist. He was a planter of moderate fortune and exalted ideas. In 1843 he freed his slaves and took measures to have them educated. Later he endeavored to bring white immigrants to Cuba. After engaging in the insurrection of 1851, he was captured and shot. Agüero, José Riva. See Riva Agüero , José. A gue eau (ä-ge-sō'), Henri François d', or Dague eau. Born at Limoges, France, Nov. 27, 1668: died at Paris, Feb. 9, 1751. A French jurist, chancellor of France 1717-22 and 1737-50. His complete works were published 1759-89. Aguilar (ä-ge-lär'), Grace. Born at London, June, 1816: died at Frankfort-on-the-Main,