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V I N V I T

VINCENT DE PAUL, St, founder of the

Lazarites, XXIV. 236. - FERRER, St, Spanish preacher,

xxiv. 236. VlNCENTlUS (St Vincent), Spanish saint

and martyr, XXIV. 234. BELLOVACENSIS (Vincent of Beau-

vais), mediaeval encyclopaedist, xxiv.

235; vni. 192; xxi. 427. VINCI, Leonardo da, Italian painter and

philosopher, xiv. 455; xm. 508; xxi.

437, 569- VINDELICI, ancient Alpine people, xx.

504. VlNDELlClA, Roman province, xxiv.

236; xx. 505.

VlNDELICIAN ALPS) I. 628.

VINDEX, Julius, his revolt against the

emperor Nero, xvn. 351. VINDICI^E GALLICS, Mackintosh s

book, xv. 1 60. VINDICTA PRIVATA, in Roman law, xx.

675- VlNDOBONA (Vienna), ancient Roman

town, xxiv. 222. VlNDOClNUM (Vendome), ancient town,

France, xxiv. 138. VINE, plant, xxiv. 236; in horticulture,

XII. 277; culture of, for wine making,

xxiv. 602; cultivation, in Italy, xm.

451; in Madeira, XV. 178; of Zante,

xxiv. 767. VINEA, Petrus de, or Pietro de la Vigna,

minister of emperor Frederick II.,

xxiv. 225. See Vigna. VINEGAR, or Acetic Acid, xxiv. 240;

making of, IX. 98.

VlNE-MlLDEW, XVI. 294.

VINERY, Garden, xn. 223. VINET, Alexandre Rodolphe, French critic and theologian, XXIV. 241; xxil.

799- VINEYARDS, xxiv. 602; on the Rhine,

xx. 520. VlNJE, A. 0., Norwegian poet, xvn.

591. VINLAND, seat of early settlement, North

America, I. 706. VINNITSA, town, Russia, xxiv. 241;

xix. 254. VlNTSCHGAU, district, Tyrol, Austria,

xxin. 711.

VIOL, musical instrument, xxiv. 242. VIOLA, genus of plants, xvm. 214;

xxiv. 241.

VIOLET, plant, xxiv. 241; xn. 253. VIOLIN, musical instrument, xxiv. 242. VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugene Emmanuel,

French architect, xxiv. 246. VIOLONCELLO, musical instrument,

xxiv. 245. VIOTTI, Giovanni Battista, Italian

violinist and composer, xxiv. 246. VIPER, reptile, xxiv. 247; xxn. 193,

199. VIPERA, genus of snakes, xx. 452; xxn.

193; xxiv. 247.

VlRAMAMUNl (Joseph Beschi), Italian writer in Tamil, xxin. 44.

VlRAVANALLUR, town, India, xxin. 405.

VlRCHOW, Rudolf, on cellular pathology, xvni. 361.

VIRGEN GORDA, island, West Indies, xxiv. 261.

VlRGIDEMIARUM SlXE BOOKES, Bishop Hall s work, xi. 390.

VIRGIL (Publius Vergilius Maro), Roman poet, xxiv. 248; xx. 722; language and style of, xiv. 335; as representa tive of the Augustan age, III. 82; his connexion with Naples, xvn. 191; commentaries on, xxi. 692; Gawain Douglas s translation of, vil. 377; Dryden s, vn. 492.

, Polydore, bishop of Bath and

Wells and historian, xxiv. 255.

THE ENCHANTER, romance, xx.

641.

VIRGILIA, genus of trees, 1 1. 320.

VIRGILIAN.E SORTES, Divination by, VIL 293.

VIRGINAL, musical instrument, Xix. 67.

VIRGINIA, Roman maiden, Story of, V. 816.

, State, U.S.A., xxiv. 255; colony of, XXIIL 729; Captain John Smith s connexion with, xxn. 174; mineral springs of, xvi. 436; newspapers, xvn. 434; opium cultivation, xvn. 792. , West. See West Virginia.

CITY, Nevada, U.S.A., xxiv. 261.

VIRGINIAN NIGHTINGALE, bird, XL

209; xvn. 499. VIRGINIANS, The, by Thackeray, xxin.

216. VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS (1798), in

history of United States, XV. 183;

xxin. 756. VIRGIN ISLANDS, West Indies, xxiv.

261. VIRGIN MARTYR, The, Massinger s play,

xv. 618.

VIRGIN MARY, The, xv. 589. VIRGINS, Eleven Thousand, of the

Ursula legend, xxiv. 13. VIRIATHUS, Lusitanian chief, xxn. 306. VIRTUE, in ethics, vni. 575; Aristotelian

doctrine of, II. 517; Platonic, xix. 196;

Socratic, xxn. 237, 266; xix. 195;

Stoic doctrine of, xxn. 568. VlRUNUM (Klagenfurt), ancient town,

Austria, xiv. 107. VlSAKHADATTA, Hindu dramatist, xxi.

286. VlSAYAS, islands, Philippines, xvni.

752.

, race of people, Philippine Islands,

xvni. 753. VISCERA, Thoracic, Anatomy of, i. 899;

XX. 475; abdominal, VII. 223; XVIII.

669; malformations of, xvi. 765. VISCHER, Peter, German artist, xvn.

633; xxi. 565.

VISCHER, Theodor, on esthetics, i. 219. VlSCONTl, Milanese ruling family, xm.

477; xvi. 291, 293. , Filippo Maria, dukeof Milan, xm.

479-

, Gian Galeazx.o, count of Pavia, XIII. 478; XVIII. 438; as ruler in Siena, xxn. 41; tomb of, xxi. 569.

VISCOSITY, property of matter, vn. 801 ; vi. 311; xix. 247; of gases, xvi. 618; XIX. 248; of solids, XXII. 598; mea surement of, xn. 459.

VISCOUNT, rank of nobility, XXIV. 261 ; XXIII. 418; in English peerage, xvni. 464.

VlSCUM, genus of plants, xvi. 527; xvni. 265.

VlSHNU, Hindu deity, IV. 207; worship of, among Mahrattas, xv. 290.

VlSHNUMAYA, daughter of Brahma, xiv. 19.

VlSHNUVITES, tribe, India, XV. 185.

VISHTASPA, ancient Oriental sovereign, xxiv. 821.

VISIBLE SPEECH, A. Melville Bell s, i. 608; xxn. 385.

VISIGOTHIC WRITING, xvni. 156.

VISIGOTHS, or West Goths, x. 848; in France, IX. 528; xiv. 287; invasion of Roman empire by, xx. 780; their conquest of Spain, XXII. 308; in time of Theodosius I., XXIIL 257; code of, IV. 262; XXI. 216.

VISIN, Denis von, Russian dramatist, xxi. 1 06.

VISION, XIV. 578 ; physical causes of, vni. 816; binocular, xxn. 538; diseases of, xvn. 780; influence of, on nervous movements, xix. 39; psychical relations of, vni. 826; Berkeley s theory of, in. 590; in bees, ill. 487. See also Sight. , Poetic, xix. 263. OF MlRZA, Addison s allegory, I.

149.

VISIONS, Mental, vn. 452. VISITATION, Feast of the, xv. 592. VlSON, genus of carnivorous mammals,

xvi. 474. VISPERED, part of Zend-Avesta, xxiv.

775- VlSQUERT, Antonio, Spanish painter,

xxin. 198. ViSSCHER, Anna, Dutch poetess, xn.

93-

, Roemer Pieterssen, Dutch writer,

xn. 93.

, Tesselschade, Dutch poetess, xn.

93-

VISTRITZA, river, Macedonia, XV. 137. VISTULA, river, Central Europe, in. 116,

294; xix. 307; xx. 218. GOVERNMENTS, Russian official

designation of Poland, xix. 306. VISVAMITRA, Indian sage, xn. 782. VlTALE MlCHIELI, doge of Venice,

XXIV. 142.