…(in the Bible) one of the seven archangels in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. He is said to have ‘healed’ the earth when it was defiled by the sins of the fallen angels…
…(1483–1520), Italian painter and architect; Italian name Raffaello Sanzio. Regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, he is particularly noted for his madonnas, including his altarpiece the Sistine Madonna (circa 1513)…
…(died circa 1580), English chronicler. Although the named compiler of The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577), Holinshed wrote only the Historie of England and had help with the remainder. The revised (1587) edition was used by Shakespeare…
