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FONNI , a See also:town of See also:Sardinia, in the See also:province of See also:Sassari, 328o ft. above See also:sea-level, to the N.W. of See also:Monte Gennargentu, 21 M. S. of See also:Nuoro by road. Pop. (1901) 4323. It is the highest See also:village in Sardinia, and situated among See also:fine scenery with some See also:chestnut See also:woods. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the See also:Franciscans, built in 1708, contains some curious paintings by See also:local artists. The costumes are extremely picturesque, and are well seen on the See also:day of St See also:John the Baptist, the See also:patron See also:saint. The men's See also:costume is similar to that worn in the See also:district generally; the See also:linen See also:trousers are See also:long and See also:black gaiters are worn. The See also:women See also:wear a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white chemise; over that a very small corselet, and over that a red jacket with See also:blue and black See also:velvet facings. The skirt is See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown above and red below, with a blue See also:band between the two See also:colours; it is See also:accordion-pleated. Two identical skirts are often worn, one above the other. The unmarried girls wear white kerchiefs, the married women black. A little to the N. of Fonni, by the high-road, stood the See also:Roman station of Sorabile, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary as situated 87 m. from See also:Carales on the road to See also:Olbia. Excavations made in 1879 and 1880 led to the See also:discovery of the remains of this station, arranged See also:round three sides of a courtyard some roo ft. square, including traces of See also:baths and other buildings, and a massive embanking See also:wall above them, some 150 ft. in length, to protect them from landslips
(F. Vivanet, in Notizie degli scavi, 1879, 350; 1881, 31), while a See also:discharge certificate (tabula honestae missionis) of sailors who had served in the classis Ravennas was found in some ruins here or hereabouts (id. ib., 1882, 440; T. See also:Mommsen, Corp. inscr. See also:Lat. x. 8325). Near Fonni, too, are several " menhirs " (called pietre celtiche in the district) and other prehistoric remains. (T.
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