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— Miracles performed by the same original: "ab eodem"; refers to Adrevaldus of Fleury from the previous page in France. Ibid. page 369.
— And in the Bollandists' March volume, volume 3, page 305. The Bollandists are Jesuit scholars who compiled the "Acta Sanctorum," a massive collection of saintly lives.
— Life of Saint Aigulf, Abbot of Lérins. Found in Mabillon’s Benedictine Age II, page 656. Jean Mabillon was a pioneer of document analysis; Lérins is a famous island monastery near Cannes.
— On the Body and Blood of the Lord against John Scotus Eriugena. Found in D’Achéry’s Spicilegium, volume 12, page 30. This refers to a 9th-century theological debate regarding the nature of the Eucharist.
ADRIANI, Giambattista. History of his times. Florence, published by the Giunti, 1583, in folio. A folio is a large book format made by folding sheets of paper once.
— Letter to Giorgio Vasari regarding the works of the most excellent ancient artists in painting, bronze, and marble. Located at the beginning of Vasari's Lives of the Painters, volume 2, part 3.
ADRIANUS. See Hadrianus.
ADRICHOMIUS, Christianus. Theater of the Holy Land. Cologne, from the Birckmann workshop, 1613, in folio. Christian van Adrichem was a Dutch priest and cartographer famous for his maps of Palestine.
ADSO, Abbot of Montier-en-Der. Life of Saint Basle. Found in Mabillon’s Benedictine Age II, page 67.
— Life of Saint Frodobert, Abbot of Moutier-la-Celle. Ibid. page 626.
— Life of Saint Berchaire. Ibid. page 381.
— On the translation The "translation" is the ceremonial moving of a saint's remains to a new shrine. and Miracles of Saint Basle. Ibid. Age IV, part 2, page 137.
ADSO [who is also called HERMIRICUS], Abbot of Luxeuil. Life of Saint Waldebert. Found in Mabillon’s Benedictine Age III, part 2, page 451.
— And in the Bollandists' May volume, volume 1, page 277.
ADVENTIUS, Bishop of Metz. Letter to Pope Nicholas. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 8, column 482.
ADMONITIONS from the English Catholics to the French. Paris, published by Guillaume Bichon, 1590, in quarto. A quarto is a medium-sized book format.
ADMONITION to the Duke of Orleans regarding Cardinal Mazarin [No location given], 1652, in quarto. This and the following entries are "Mazarinades"—pamphlets published during the Fronde, a series of civil wars in France.
NOTICES regarding the peace treaty. Paris, published by A. Musnier, 1649, in quarto.
IMPORTANT ADVICE to Cardinal Mazarin. Paris, published by François Preuveray, 1652, in quarto.
ADVICE to the Gentlemen of Parliament on the subject of the decree against Cardinal Mazarin [No location given], 1651, in quarto.
ADVICE on the conduct of the Coadjutor. Paris, 1651, in quarto. The "Coadjutor" refers to Paul de Gondi, later Cardinal de Retz, a key figure in the Fronde.
ADVICE given to the King for the expansion of his State, 1651. [No location given], in quarto.
ADVICE given to the Parisians before their complete desolation [No location given], 1652, in quarto.
ADVICE from the Prince to the Parliament [No location given], 1652, in quarto.
ADVICE for the current times. Paris, published by Guillaume Veron, 1652, in quarto.
ADVOCATE General supporting the cause of all the Great Men of the State [No location and year given], in quarto.
ÆDO Gallart, Diego de. The journey, events, and wars of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria. Madrid, at the Royal Press, 1637, in quarto. Written in Spanish.
AEGIDIAN Constitutions with additions from Carpi and the commentaries of Caspar Gaballinus. Venice, published by Giovanni Zenaro, 1605, in folio. The Aegidian Constitutions were the laws governing the Papal States from the 14th century.
AEGIDIUS, Abbot [in Narbonnese Gaul]. A short book for the privileges of the Church of Este. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 4, column 1310.
AEGIDIUS, Benedictus. On the most holy Churches. Lisbon, published by Pedro Crasbeeck, 1609, in folio. The author is likely the Portuguese legal scholar Bento de Egídio.
— On the law and privileges of honor. Lisbon, published by Crasbeeck, 1618, in quarto.
— On justice and law. Lisbon, published by Crasbeeck, 1619, volume 2, in folio.
AEGIDIUS, Jacobus. On witnesses. Found among the legal treatises, volume 4, folio 73.
AEGIDIUS, Petrus. Funeral poems on the death of Emperor Maximilian with the notes of Jakob Spiegel. Found among Freher’s German Writers, volume 2, page 436. Petrus Aegidius, or Pieter Gilles, was a famous humanist and friend of Erasmus.
— The spectacles performed at Antwerp for Emperor Charles V. Ibid. volume 3, page 174.
AEGIDIUS Romanus. See COLUMNA, Aegidius. Also known as Giles of Rome, a medieval philosopher.
AEGIDIUS, Bishop of Rouen. Letter to King Louis. Found in D’Achéry’s Spicilegium, volume 4, page 270.
AEGIDIUS of Viterbo. See CANISIO, Egidio.
AEGIL [or EIGIL]. Life of Saint Sturm, Abbot of Fulda. Found in Surius, under the date of December 27th. See CANDIDUS.
AEGINETA, Paul. On foods. Found with Apicius, page 113. Paul of Aegina was a 7th-century Byzantine physician.
— On fevers. Found in the work on fevers, page 39.
— On the medical art with the notes of Janus Cornarius. Found among the princes of the medical art, volume 1, page 346.
AELFRIC, Abbot. Latin-Saxon Grammar with a glossary. Found at the end of William Somner’s dictionary. Aelfric of Eynsham was a prolific Anglo-Saxon writer.
— Letter on the Canons to Bishop Wulfine. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 9, column 1603.
AELIANUS, Claudius. Complete works in Greek and Latin, edited by Conrad Gessner. Zurich, at the Gessner brothers, 1556, in folio. Aelian was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric.
— Various History in Greek and Latin with the notes of Johannes Scheffer, the translation of Justus Vulteius, and the variant readings of Joachim Kühn. Strasbourg, published by Johann Friedrich Spoor, 1685, in octavo.
— The same translated into Latin by Giacomo Lauro of Venice. Venice, published by Giolito, 1550, in octavo.
— Tactics, or on the instruction of battle lines, in Greek and Latin with the notes and observations of Sixtus Arcerius. Leiden, published by Lodewijk Elzevir, 1613, in quarto.
— And among the writers on military affairs, volume 1, page 295.
— On the manner of putting troops in order, translated by Francesco Ferrosi. Venice, published by Gabriel Giolito, 1551, in octavo. Written in Italian.
AELRED. See AILRED.
AEMILIUS, Giovanni Francesco de. Investigation of magnetic motions. Parma, published by Mario Vignano, 1682, in quarto.
AEMILIUS, Paulus. On the deeds of the Franks. Basel, published by Sebastian Henricpetri, 1601, in folio. Paolo Emilio was an Italian humanist historian of France.
AENEAS the Tactician. Commentary on sieges [in Greek] with the notes of Isaac Casaubon. Found with Casaubon’s Polybius. Aeneas Tacticus was one of the earliest Greek writers on the art of war.
— The same work in Latin, translated by the same Casaubon. Found among the writers on military affairs, volume 1, page 405.
AENEAS of Gaza, and Zacharias of Mitylene. On the immortality of the soul and the mortality of the universe, in Greek and Latin, with the notes of Caspar Barth. Leipzig, published by Johann Bauer, 1653, in duodecimo. Small book size.
— And [in Latin only] in the Library of the Fathers of Lyon, volume 8, page 649.
AENEAS of Paris. A book against the objections of the Gree-