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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 335 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JESI (anc. Aesis)

JESI (anc. Aesis) , a See also:

TOWN

town and episcopal see of the See also:

MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

Marches, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

Ancona, from which it is 17 M. W. by S. by See also:

RAIL

rail, 318 ft. above See also:

sea-level. Pop. (19ot), 23,285. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place took its See also:

ancient name from the See also:

RIVER

river Aesis (mod. Esino), upon the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of which it lies. It still retains its picturesque See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval town walls. The Palazzo del Comune is a See also:

FINE

fine, See also:

SIMPLE

simple, See also:

early See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

BUILDING

building (1487–1503) by See also:

Francesco di Giorgio See also:

Martini; the walls are of See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and the window and See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door-frames of See also:

stone, with severely restrained ornamentation. The See also:

court-yard with its loggie was built by See also:

ANDREA, GIOVANNI (1275-1348)

Andrea See also:

Sansovino in 1519. The library contains some See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good pictures by Lorenzo See also:

Lotto. The See also:

castle was built by See also:

BACCIO

Baccio Pontelli (1488), designer of the castle at See also:

OSTIA

Ostia (1483–1486).

Jesi was the birthplace of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

FREDERIC, HAROLD (1856-1898)

Frederic II. (1194), and also of the musical composer, Giovanni Battista See also:

Pergolesi (1710-1736). The river Aesis formed the boundary of Italy proper from about 250 B.C. to the See also:

time of See also:

SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla (c. 82 B.C.); and, in See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus' See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of Italy, that between See also:

Umbria (the 6th region) and See also:

PICENUM

Picenum (the 5th). The town itself was a See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, of little importance, except, apparently, as a recruiting ground for the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

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