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Arezzo 169 Aristophanes, Ancient Author 76, 241 Aristotle 138 Arles Index Page numbers with figures are in italics. Aachen 57 Arezzo 169 Aaron, biblical figure 111, 118, 122 Aristophanes, ancient author 76, 241 Abel, biblical figure 87 Aristotle 138 Acquapendente 253n82 Arles 262n34 Adam and Eve 84, 87, 126 Armenia, Armenian(s) 112, 119, 123 Adige 238 Arminius, Germanic tribal chief 263n62 Africa, African(s) 23, 101, 113, 119, 123, 124, 130 Arx Britannica 24, 37, 41–46, 45, 49, 65, 138, 146, Agnano 98, 99, 100 258n50 Agrippinenses, ancient tribe 228 (see also Brittenburg) Agustín, Antonio 20, 253n78, 276 Asia(n) 87, 101, 102, 107, 123, 124, 130, 219 Aimo of Fleury 57 Assyrian(s) 89, 229, 230 Alberti, Leone Battista 184 Athena 100, 133, 139, 201, 286n1 (Appendices) Albrecht v, Duke of Wittelsbach 29, 31 Atlantic 25, 29, 93 Aldrovandi, Ulisse 248n20, 277n81 Atlas, mythical figure 137 Alexander the Great 23, 245, 246, 286n2 (Appendices) Augsburg 15, 21, 23, 29, 113, 253n80, 281n81 Algonquin Indian(s) 125, 126, 153 Augustus, Roman emperor 72, 238, 239, 254n84, Alhama 105 255n111, 259n76, 262n40 Alps 29, 228 Aurelius, Cornelius 46, 47, 48 Ambiorix 229 Ausonius, ancient poet 50, 55 America, American(s) 25, 83, 86, 89, 102, 113, 118, 124, Austrasia(n), Merovingian kingdom 56, 57, 228, 125, 128, 130, 152, 271n105 287n19 (see also Algonquin Indian(s), New World) Averno (Lake Avernus) 98, 100 Anjou 241 Anne of Bedford 286n15 Babel 84, 135, 142, 175 Annius of Viterbo 84, 85 Bacchus 162 Anthony of Burgundy-Wakken, Ghent nobleman 110 Baffin Island, Forbisher Bay 25 Antinous, favourite of Hadrian 31, 267n15 Baia 97, 99, 223, 253 Antioch 23, 138, 189 Barbaro, Daniele 79, 83 Antiphilus, ancient painter 280n48 Baronius, Cesare 33 Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor 23, 25, 27, 33, Batavia(n) 8, 41, 44, 46, 49, 138, 258n37 252n63, 287n27 Bauduin, François 57, 88 Antwerp 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 15, 16, 19, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38, Bavacum (Bavay) 229, 260n86 49–51, 65, 66, 84, 85, 86, 93, 94, 100, 103, 107, 119, Bayonne 105, 106, 118, 118, 119 121, 124, 129, 140–142, 147–150, 153, 162, 172–175, 178, Bazel near Rupelmonde 86 180, 181, 187, 188, 193, 195, 200, 202, 215, 218, 245, Becanus, Johannes Goropius 8, 83, 84–86, 208, 209, 246 273n18 Apelles, ancient painter 160, 169, 170, 181–183, 215, Bel, Gallic god 229, 230, 260n86 223–225, 245, 246, 281n62 Belgian Gaul 49, 56, 63, 71, 198, 228 Apianus, Petrus 140, 147, 155 (see also Gallia Belgica) Apion, ancient author 68, 237 Belgica 56, 163, 228, 229, 235 Apis, Egyptian god 41, 137 Belgii 49, 227, 229 Apollo 162, 186, 189–193, 192, 217, 245, 246, 281n75, Belkin, Kristin 219 284n137, 284n140 Bellini, Giovanni 106 Aquanus, Cornelius 75, 76, 240 Bellona, ancient goddess 192, 193 Aquileia 239 Bellovaci, Belgic tribe 229, 235 Aquitaine 23 Belus, ancient god 229 Arduinna, goddess of the Ardennes 259n73 Bembo, Pietro 282n111, 286n60 314 INDEX Bening, Simon 280n53 Bruegel the Elder, Pieter 5, 16, 29, 38, 82, 208 Berosus, Chaldean priest 86 Death of the Virgin 1, 2, 7, 11, 157, 163–171, 164, 165, Bertelli, Fernando 106, 107 217–218, 221, 279n28 Biondo, Flavio 29 Epitaph by Ortelius 172–174, 177, 182–186, 200, 204, Birkmann (Arnold & Franz) 129 208, 209, 215, 223, 224, 282n111 Biscay 104, 105, 106, 118, 119 Large Landscapes 97, 188 Bizzar, Petrus 55 Months 175 Blaeu, Willem Jansz. 107 Procession to Calvary 165, 175 Blair, Ann 120 Tower of Babel 142, 175 Blâmont 105, 105 Brueghel the Elder, Jan 186, 186, 215 Bles, Henri 177 Bruges 39, 41, 108, 176, 176, 255n114, 256n17, 281n85 Blitri, near Rome 253n82 Brussels 86, 178 Bodin, Jean 27, 86, 88, 121, 123, 124, 203 Bubastis, ancient Egyptian city 138 Boissard, Jean Jacques 2, 11, 15, 21, 22, 28, 107, 119, Buchelius, Arendt (Arendt van Buchel) 57 146–155, 149, 151, 202, 273n14, 278n97, 278n98, Burgundy, Burgundian(s) 89, 119, 168, 218, 270n77 278n102, 278n103, 278n105 Burke, Peter 145 Bol, Hans 266n4, 284n137 Bologna, Bolognese 5, 29, 73, 147, 248n20, 281n75 Cádiz 138, 253n75 Bongars, Jacques 193 Caesar, Gaius, Roman emperor 43, 46, 232, 256n25 Bonn 37 (see also Caligula) Bosch, Hieronymus 164, 282n100 Caesar, Julius 25, 39, 49, 50, 56, 79, 118, 124, 228, 229, Bosio, Giovanni 146 235 Botticelli, Sandro 280n280 Cain 87, 134 Bourges 92 Calicut, Kozhikode, India 131 Brabant 119 Caligula, Roman emperor 46, 232 Brabo 84 (see also Gaius Caesar) Bracciolino, Poggio 86 Calistano, Giulio 280 Brachel, Petrus à 30, 92, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 104, 134, Callmer, Christian 150 135, 136 Cambridge 25 Braga 252n63 Camden, William 25–27, 41, 62, 84, 118, 146, 270n68, Bramante, Donato 71 282n111 Bratispantium (Breteuil) 235 Camerarius the Elder, Joachim 147 Braun, Georg 10, 22, 30, 44, 55, 92, 93, 101, 129, 141, 174, Camerarius the Younger, Joachim 8, 15, 22, 23 176, 207, 212, 268n50, 279n20, 283n117, 287n9 Campania 97, 99, 100, 104, 199, 223 and Lampsonius 130–131, 139–140, 224–226 Candido, Pietro 253n81 author of Prefaces to the Civitates 102, 132–138 Canisius, Petrus 280n32 prints in Civitates 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, Canopus, ancient god 41, 208, 208 104, 105, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 Canter, Willem 163 Bremen 15 Caprarola 31 Brescia 239 Capua 32, 33 Breteuil 287n24 Caracalla, Roman emperor 45, 258n38, 258n43 Britain, British Isles 8, 23, 24, 25, 27, 43, 46, 89, 118, 123 Carafa, Roman family 147, 274 (see also England, English, Scotland, Scot(s), Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 217, 217 Scottish) Caroto, Giovanni 73, 73 Brits, Britons 10, 24, 84, 125 Carroll, Margaret 82 (see also England, English) Carthage 138, 270n84 Brittenburg 37, 41–44, 45, 47–49, 138, 198, 257n31, Castelnuovo 253n82 257n33, 258, 273 Castille 118, 119 (see also Arx Britannica) Catania 140, 195 Broomans, Carolus 178, 181 Cecil, William, Lord Burghley 41, 253n68 .
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