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PRATO , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Tuscany, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Florence, 11 m. by See also:rail N.W. of Florence, 207 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1906), 20,197 (town); 55,298 (See also:commune). It is situated on the Bisenzio, and is dominated by a See also:medieval See also:castle and surrounded by walls of the 11th and 14th centuries. The See also:cathedral of St See also:Stephen was begun in the 12th See also:century in the Tuscan Romanesque See also:style; to this See also:period belongs the narrow See also:nave with its wide See also:arches; the raised transepts and the chapels were added by Giovanni See also:Pisano in 1317–1320; the campanile See also:dates from 1340 (it is a much smaller and less elaborate version of See also:Giotto's campanile at Florence), while the See also:facade, also of alternate 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 See also:sandstone and See also:green See also:serpentine, belongs to 1413. It has a See also:fine See also:doorway with a bas-See also:relief by See also:Andrea della Robbia over it; but the most striking See also:external feature is the lovely open-See also:air See also:pulpit at an See also:angle of the See also:building, erected by See also:Donatello and Michelozzo for displaying to the See also:people without See also:risk the Virgin's See also:girdle, brought from the See also:Holy See also:Land by a See also:knight of Prato in 1130. The pulpit itself has beautiful reliefs of dancing See also:children; beneath it is a splendid See also:bronze See also:capital. The See also:contract was given out in 1428, but the See also:work was seriously begun only in 1434 and finished in 1438. The See also:Chapel of the Girdle has See also:good frescoes by Agnolo See also:Gaddi (1365), a statue of the Virgin by Giovanni Pisano, and a handsome bronze open-work See also:screen. The frescoes in the See also:choir, with scenes from the See also:life of St See also:John the Baptist and St Stephen, are by Fra Filippo See also:Lippi (1456–1466) and are his best work; the See also:dance of See also:Salome and the lying in See also:state of St Stephen are the finest of the See also:series. Among other See also:works of See also:art may be mentioned the See also:clay statue of the Madonna dell' Ulivo by Benedetto da Maiano. The massive old Palazzo Pretorio (13th century) has been somewhat modified in details; the adjacent Palazzo Comunale contains a small picture See also:gallery
1 This See also:combination of characters for many years led systematizers astray, though some of them were from the first correct in their notions as to the See also:Pratincole's position. See also:Linnaeus, even in his latest publication, placed it in the genus Hirundo; but the interleaved and annotated copies of his Systema naturae in the Linnean Society's library show the See also:species marked for separation and insertion in the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order Grallae—Pratincola trachelia being the name by which he had meant to designate it in any future edition. He seems to have been induced to this See also:change of view mainly through a specimen of the See also:bird sent to him by John White, the See also:brother of See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert White; but the See also:opinion published in 1769 by Scopoli (See also:Ann. I. hilt. naturalis, p. i io) had doubtless contributed thereto, though the earlier See also:judgment to the same effect of See also:Brisson, as mentioned above, had been disregarded. Different erroneous assignments of the See also:form have been made even by See also:recent authors, who neglected the clear See also:evidence afforded by the See also:internal structure of the Pratincole. For instance, Sundevall in 1813 (Tentamen, p. 86) placed Glareola among the Caprimulgidae, a position which See also:osteology shows cannot be maintained for a moment.with works by Filippo and Filippino Lippi. A beautiful Madonna by the latter (1497) is in a small See also:street See also:shrine at the corner of the Via S. Margherita. 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 S. Domenico is a See also:Gothic edifice of 1281; that of S. See also:Francesco has an almost See also:Renaissance facade, fine cloisters with a good 15th-century See also:tomb, and a See also:chapter-See also:house with Giottesque frescoes. The Madonna del Buon Consiglio has some good reliefs by Andrea della Robbia, by whom is also the beautiful See also:frieze in the Madonna delle Carceri. This church, by Giuliano da See also:Sangallo (1485–1491), is a See also:Greek See also:cross, with See also:barrel vaults over the arms, and a See also:dome; it is a fine work, and the decoration of the exterior in See also:marble of different See also:colours (unfinished) is of a See also:noble simplicity. Some remains exist of the 13th-century fortress, and the large Piazza Mercatale is picturesque. The works of art visible in Prato are due, as will be seen, entirely to Florentine artists. As a whole the town has a somewhat See also:modern aspect. The See also:industries of Prato embrace the manufacture of woollens (the most important), See also:straw-plaiting, biscuits, hats, See also:macaroni, candles, See also:silk, See also:olive oil, clothing and See also:furniture, also See also:copper and See also:iron works, and See also:printing.
Prato is said to be first mentioned by name in 1107, but the cathedral appears as See also:early as 1048 as the See also:parish church of Borgo Cornio or Santo Stefano. It was subject to the See also:Alberti until 118o, and was then under the Imperial supremacy. It appears to have freed itself from this at the end of the 13th century. In 1313 the town acknowledged the authority of See also:Robert, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Naples, and in 135o Niccola Acciajoli, See also:seneschal of See also:Joanna, sold it to the Florentines for 17,500 florins of See also:gold. In 1512 it was sacked by the Spaniards under See also:General See also:Cardona. In 1653 it obtained the See also:rank of See also:city.
See E. Corradini, Prato (See also:Bergamo, 1905).
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