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# A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Fontaine, (Madame de la)

FONTAINE (MADAME DE LA), Wife of the celebrated French Poet,
Was a woman of taste and knowledge, and corrected the works of her husband before they were published.
F.C.
# A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Foix, (Margaret de)

FOIX (MARGARET DE), Duchess d'Epernon.
In 1588, the chiefs of the League determining to ruin the duke d'Epernon, rendered him suspected at court, and obtained an order to take him from the castle of Angoulême, of which he was governor. The magistrate charged with the execution of this act, to obtain his purpose in forcing the duke to surrender, seized the duchess, and conducted her to the principal gate of the citadel, in order that she might entreat him to acquiesce, or that her danger might lead him to submit.
Careless of their threats, she exhorted her husband to persevere in defending himself; declaring, that if he yielded on her account, it would occasion his death, and she was determined not to survive him whom she loved more than life itself. The magistrate, astonished at her courage, deliberated what to do, when she was rescued from them, and re-entered the castle in triumph to her husband, who received her with transports of joy.
F. C.
# A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Fontaine, (Jane de la)

FONTAINE (JANE DE LA). Died 1536.
La Theseide de Boccace was translated into French verse by this lady. It was never printed, but is applauded by Joannus Secundus.
Wharton's History of English Poetry.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola Pomposa

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola di Bordone

​VIOLA DI BORDONE. [See Barytone.]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola di Fagotto

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viol

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola Bastarda

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola da Braccio

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola da Spalla

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola d'Amore

[ E. J. P. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola da Gamba

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Smorzando

​SMORZANDO (Ital., 'fading away'). A term with the same meaning as Morendo, but used indiscriminately in the course of a piece. [See Morendo.]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Society of British and Foreign Musicians

[ C. M. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Sociedade de Quartetos do Porto

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Smith, Sidney

[ W. B. S. ]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Snow, Valentine

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Snuff-box, Musical

​SNUFF-BOX, MUSICAL. A mechanical invention which has given pleasure to thousands from the peculiar—what for want of a better expression we may call Æolian—charm arising from the production of harmonics in the solid part of the steel comb which provides the necessary reinforcement to the sounds emitted by the teeth of the comb. The motive power is a pinned cylinder resembling the barrel of a mechanical organ, and made to shift on the same principle; the working power is a spring; the mechanism and rotation are closely allied to those of a watch or clock; and the teeth of the comb which produce the notes are measured to scale.
Musical boxes were invented about the beginning of the present century, probably in Switzerland, the chief seat of their production, where there are now some twenty principal manufactories. About 30,000 are said to be made annually, half of which are below the selling value of 50 francs each. The original musical boxes are small and not unlike a snuff-box in appearance. They are now made of all sizes, the cost ranging from 20s. to 50l.
About 1830, a very favourite composition with amateurs of the pianoforte was the 'Snuff-box Waltz,' the composer of which preserved his anonymity under the initials M.S. The scale and arpeggio passages, played with much use of both pedals, produced something of the musical-box effect upon the hearer, enhanced a few years later by the introduction in pianos of brass bridges and harmonic bars, which are to a certain extent subject to the acoustical conditions which affect the musical-box combs. Such a passage as the following, from the 'Snuff-box Waltz,' illustrates the kind of imitation that was possible:
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Society, The Musical Artists'

​SOCIETY, THE MUSICAL ARTISTS', founded in 1874 'to encourage living musicians by giving performances of their compositions,' consists of a President (the Duke of Beaufort), Vice-Presidents (Sir Julius Benedict, Professor Macfarren, etc.), a Council of 9 members, and about 70 members (Professors) and associates (Non-Professors). The first public performance took place on July 22, 1874, at the Conduit-street Rooms, and was followed by three concerts every year, until 1881, when four were given. The objects of the Society will best be seen by the list of some of the principal chamber compositions it has brought forward. Its Hon. Sec. (1882) is Dr. Jacob Bradford.
Quintet (Strings), J. Lea Summers. Quintets (PF. and Strings), E. Fiori, Alg. Ashton. Quartets (Strings), H. C. Banister, H. Baumer, Dr. Bradford, A. Carnall, G. Gear, W. H. Holmes, Lehmeyer, Mori, O. Prescott, C. J. Read, C. E. Stephens, J. Lea Summers. Quartets (PF. and Strings), Alg. Ashton, C. Prescott, H. Westrop. Trios (PF. and Strings), J. F. Barnett, J. B. Calkin, F. E. Gladstone, A. Gilbert, C. Gardner, C. Maclean, G. Wolff, E. H. Thorne, G. W. Hammond. ​Sonatas (PF. and Violin), F. Davenport, W. H. Holmes, E. Sharp, E. H. Thorne, H. Westrop, Emily Lawrence. Sonatas (PF. and Cello), Alg. Ashton, R. Ellicott, O. Prescott, E. H. Thorne, E. Sharp. Sonatas (PF.), H. C. Bannister, C. Gardner, G. Gear, G. A. Macfarren, A. O'Leary.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Snetzler, John

​SNETZLER, John, was born at Passau in Germany about 1710. This truly eminent organ-builder, after acquiring some fame in his own country, was induced to settle in England, where he built the noble instrument at Lynn Regis (1754); a very fine one at St. Martin's, Leicester (1774); that of the German Lutheran Chapel in the Savoy, which was the first in this country provided with a pedal clavier; and many others. Two stories are current of his imperfect way of speaking English and his quaint expressions. At the competition for the place of organist to his new organ at Halifax (1766) he was so annoyed by the rapid playing of Dr. Wainwright, that he paced the church, exclaiming, 'He do run over de keys like one cat, and do not give my pipes time to shpeak.' And at Lynn he told the churchwardens, upon their asking him what their old organ would be worth if repaired, 'If they would lay out £100 upon it, perhaps it would be worth fifty.'
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Society of British Musicians

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# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Sinai

​SINAI. The mountain where the Lord delivered unto Moses the Ten Commandments. It is named twice in the Book of Mormon: (1) In Abinadi's reproof of the apostate priests of king Noah. (Mosiah, 12:33). (2) In the statement that Abinadi's face shone with exceeding lustre as Moses' did while in the mount of Sinai. (Mosiah, 13:5.)
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Siron, Land of

​SIRON, LAND OF. The home of Isabel, the ​harlot. Its meaning is the land of the deserters or apostates. It was situated at the extreme edge of the Nephite possessions, and on the borders of the Lamanites, beyond, that is south or southeast of Antionum, the headquarters of the Zoramites. In this remote land, far from the Nephite capital, outside the reach of the rigors of the law of Moses, the enticing Isabel could carry on her vile calling with the greatest safety and impunity.
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Sodom

​SODOM. The city destroyed by fire from heaven. It is named twice in the Book of Mormon in quotations from the writings of Isaiah (II Nephi, 13:9; 23:19).
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Syria

​SYRIA. This country is named five times in the Book of Mormon (II Nephi, 17:1—8), always in quotations from the writings of Isaiah.
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Syrians

​SYRIANS. The people of Syria. They are mentioned but once in the Book of Mormon (II Nephi, 19:12), in a quotation from Isaiah.
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Solomon

​SOLOMON. The name of this great king is mentioned seven times in the Book of Mormon. Three times in connection with the temple he built in Jerusalem. (II Nephi, 5:16.) Three times in Jacob's address to the Nephites regarding polygamy, etc. (Jacob, 1:15; 2:23, 24.) And once by the Redeemer in the well-known passage in which he compares the lilies of the field with the glory of Solomon. (III Nephi, 13:29.)
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Stones, Precious

​STONES, PRECIOUS. The precious stones named in the Book of Mormon are agates, carbuncles, sapphires and pearls. All, except the last named, in quotations from the Bible.
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Sidon, River

​SIDON, RIVER. The most important river in Nephite history; known to-day as the Magdalena. It runs northward through the United States of Colombia and empties into the Caribbean Sea. In the days of the Nephites it formed an important factor in their civilization, as many of their largest cities were built on its banks, and its valleys were the most densely populated of any part of the country. Near its head waters was Manti, the chief city of the south, and further north were Gideon and Zarahemla. It was also the grand trunk road to the land of Nephi, and along its banks poured the hosts of the dark-skinned Lamanites when they forced their way into the land of Zarahemla. Among the most important events ​that occurred in its immediate neighborhood were:
The Amlicites defeated at the hill Amnihu, B.C. 87.
Two invading armies of the Lamanites defeated, one on its west bank, the other on the east, B. C. 87.
The Lamanites defeated at the hill Riplah, B. C. 74.
Manti captured by the Lamanites, (about) B. C. 68.
Manti reoccupied by the Nephites, B. C. 63.
The Lamanites invade Zarahemla, capture the capital and advance northward, but are finally driven back, B, C. 51.
The Lamanites again invade Zarahemla, B. C. 35.
The Lamanites obtain possession of the whole of South America, B. C. 33.
The Lamanites, being converted, restore to the Nephites Zarahemla and the lands they had wrested from them, B. C. 30,
The Nephites, under Lachoneus, all gather to the lands of Zarahemla and Bountiful, A. C. 17.
The Nephites return to their homes on both continents, A. C. 26.
Zarahemla and other cities destroyed during the great storms and earthquakes that attended the crucifixion of the Redeemer, A. C. 34.
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Sinim

​SINIM. A land, supposed by some to be the southern part of China. It is mentioned but once in the Book of Mormon, in a quotation from the writings of Isaiah. (I Nephi, 21:12.)
# A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Sion

​SION. This name appears once in the Book of Mormon, in a quotation from the writings of Isaiah. (II Nephi, 22:6.) (See Zion.)
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bill (John), the second

​BILL (JOHN), the Second, printer in London; (?) Hunsdon House, Blackfriars, 1630-80 (?). The son of John Bill, the King's Printer, who died in 1630, and who by his will left all his estate and terme in his part of the King's Printing Office to his son. During the Commonwealth, Henry Hills, and John Field, q.v., were appointed printers to the State, and it was said that John Bill the second and Christopher Barker the third, q.v., sold to them the manuscript copy of the last translation of the Bible. On the Restoration, Christopher Barker the third and John Bill the second were restored to the position of King's Printers. John Bill the second continued to enjoy his share of the profits of the office during his lifetime, and his successors till the end of the Stuart period. [Plomer, Wills, p. 53; Library, N.S., October, 1901, pp. 353-75.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bird (Henry)

​BIRD (HENRY), bookseller (?) in London, 1641. His name is given as one of the "better sort of freemen" of the Stationers' Company, in a list of those who had paid their respective proportions of the poll tax on August 5th, 1641. [Domestic State Papers, Charles I, vol. 483, 11.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bisse (John)

​BISSE (JOHN), bookseller in London; Bell in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1649-53. Only known through the entry in Smyth's Obituary, p. 35: "July 6. [1653] John Bisse, bookseller, died."
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Blackmore (Edward)

​BLACKMORE (EDWARD), bookseller in London, (1) Blazing-Starre, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1620; (2) South door of Paul's Church; (3) Angel, St. Paul's Churchyard. 1618-58. Dealt chiefly in popular literature, such as Melton's Astrologaster, 1620, which contains his Blazing-Star address. He died September 8th, 1658. [Smyth's Obituary, p. 48.] The Weekly Intelligencer of November 25th, 1651, contains advertisements of two books issued by him.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bird (Theophilus)

​BIRD (THEOPHILUS), bookseller in London, 1656. Associated with A. Penneycuicke in publishing Ford and Decker's masque, The Sun's Darling, 1656. His name appears at the end of the Epistle Dedicatory.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bishop (George)

​BISHOP (GEORGE), printer in London; (?) Warwick Court, Warwick Lane, 1641-44. In partnership with Robert White, q.v. Their work included the following news-sheets: Certaine Informations from several parts of the kingdom, 1643; Kingdoms Weekly Intelligence, 1643, and Mercurius Britanicus.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bladen (William)

​BLADEN (WILLIAM), bookseller in London; Great North-doore of Pauls at the sign of the Bible, 1612-24; address unknown, 1640-42; printer in Dublin, 1630-63. First met with in 1612 as a bookseller in London in partnership with John Royston. In 1618 certain stationers of London formed themselves into a society "to trade in the city of Dublin by vending and selling of books and other commodities … to be transported out of England thither, and there to be sold," the books stocked for this purpose being known as the Irish "stock." They appointed William Bladen their factor in Dublin. He was admitted to the Franchise of the city in January, 1630/31, by special grace and on payment of a fine of £10 English money. In April, 1637, he was elected Sheriff for the following year. Meanwhile the trading venture of the London stationers had turned out a failure, and the partnership was dissolved in 1639, when William Bladen bought the stock for £2,600. His name first appears in imprints in 1641. In 1647 he filled the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin, and during the Commonwealth he acted as State Printer. His death took place in Dublin, in July, 1663, and he was buried on August 1st in St. Werburgh's Churchyard. Bladen's will was proved in the Prerogative ​Court in August, 1663. His wife, "Elinor," was the principal beneficiary. He directed all his stock in his shop, printing house, and warehouse, both in Dublin and in London, together with his interest in his then dwelling-house and printing house, to be sold unto some person having served 7 years to a printer, stationer or bookseller. He mentions his "son, Dr. Thos. Bladen." Probably this was the editor of Clarke's Praxis. He also left a son of the same name, who is believed to have come to London and set up as a bookseller. [Information supplied by Mr. E. R. McC. Dix.; Library, July, 1907.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bishop (Richard)

​BISHOP (RICHARD), printer in London; St. Peter's Pauls Wharf, 1631-53. Took up his freedom March 29th, 1637, having in 1634 bought the business of William Stansby, printer, for £700. According to Sir John Lambe's Memoranda [Arber, iii. 700, etc.] this was originally John Day's business, being subsequently divided up between Peter Short and John Windet, Stansby having bought Windet's share.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Blagrave (Robert)

​BLAGRAVE (ROBERT), bookseller at Oxford, 1656-62. Son of John and Lydia Blagrave. His will was proved 1662. His imprint is found in Caius' Suetonius Tranquilus. [Information supplied by Mr. Madan.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Blague (John)

​BLAGUE (JOHN), bookseller in London, (1) Pope's Head Alley, 1652; (2) Golden Ball in Cornhill, near the Poultry, 1652. 1642-52. John Blague, son of Benjamin Blague, barber-surgeon of London, apprenticed on October 30th, 1642, to John Burroughes for eight years. [Stationers' Registers, Apprenticeships.] Partner with Samuel Howes, q.v. They published jointly H. Whitfield's Strength out of Weakness … 1652, and Phillip Barrough's Method of Physick, 1652.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Butler (Thomas)

​BUTLER (THOMAS), bookseller in London; Lincoln's Inn Fields near the Three Tuns by the Market Place, 1656-59. Published two books by William Blake, the author of Silver Drops, viz., The Yellow Book, 1656, and Trial of the Ladies, 1657.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Byfield (Adoniram)

​BYFIELD (ADONIRAM), bookseller in London, (1) Bible in Pope's Head Alley near Lombard Street, 1657; (2) Three Bibles in Cornhill next door to Pope's Head Alley, 1660 (1657–60). Son of the Puritan divine of this name. Apprenticed to Ralph Smith for seven years from May 7th, 1649. [Stationers' Register of Apprenticeships, 1605–66.] Amongst his publications was Samuel Morland's History of the Evangelical Churches, 1658. f°. [B.M.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Cadwell (J )

​CADWELL (J), printer in London, 1659–62. Son of Edward Cadwell of London, draper; apprenticed to Roger Norton, q.v., for seven years from June 23rd, 1646. He was evidently in a small way of business, the only two books found with his imprint being an allegory called the Voyage of ​the Wandring Knight, 1661, printed in black letter, and A Brief account of ancient Church-Government, 1662, 4°., ascribed to Obadiah Walker. His type and ornaments were of the poorest. His address has not been found.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Calvert (Elizabeth)

​CALVERT (ELIZABETH), bookseller in London, (1) Black Spread Eagle, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1664-66; (2) Little Britain, 1666-67; (3) Black Spread Eagle, Barbican, 1667-73. The widow of Giles Calvert, q. v. During her husband's lifetime she was imprisoned for selling what was considered a treasonable book, and was in prison at the time of his death. After his death she continued to publish books that offended the authorities. In 1667 the Mayor of Bristol laid an information against her for sending books to certain Bristol booksellers about the Fire of London, and she was again arrested and imprisoned in the Gatehouse for some weeks. In the same year Samuel Mearne seized a private press of hers in Southwark, at which was printed a book entitled Nehushtan. After Sir Roger L'Estrange's retirement from the post of censor, she appears to have been left unmolested. The last year in which her name appears in the Term Catalogues is 1673. [Domestic State Papers, Charles II, vol. 43, 21; vol. 76, 29, 30; vol. 77, 49; vol. 209, 75; vol. 248, 88; Arber, Term Catalogues, vol. i.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Calvin (James)

​CALVIN (JAMES), (?) bookseller in London, 1642. Only known from a pamphlet entitled Prologue & epilogue to a comedie presented at the entertainment of the Prince his Highnesse, by the scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge, in March last. 1641. By Francis Coles. [E. 144. (9).]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Butler (Robert)

​BUTLER (ROBERT), bookseller in London; Gray's Inn Gate, 1663. Only known from an advertisement in Mercurius Publicus, June 4th, 1663.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Calvert (George)

​CALVERT (GEORGE), bookseller in London, (1) Half-Moon in Watling Street neare Paule's stump, 1650; (2) Half-Moon in the new buildings in Paul's Churchyard, 1655-66; 1675-82; (3) Bible in Jewen Street, 1667; (4) Golden Ball in Little Britain, 1669-74. 1648-82. Son of George Calvert, of Meere, in the county of Somerset, "clerk," and brother of Giles Calvert, q.v. Apprenticed to Joseph Hunscott, for eight years from Michaelmas, 1636. [Stationers' Register of Apprenticeships.] In conjunction with Thomas Pierrepoint, he issued in 1655 a folio edition of Sidney's Arcadia, and miscellaneous works. This edition was printed for him by W. Dugard. He published two other editions in 1662 and 1674, the first printed by Henry Lloyd, for W. Dugard, the second without printer's name. After the great fire he moved to the Bible in Jewin Street.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Butter (Nathaniel)

​BUTTER (NATHANIEL), bookseller in London, (1) Pyde Bull, St. Austins Gate, 1608; (2) Cursitors Alley, 1660. (1605-64). The son of Thomas Butter (1581-90). Admitted a freeman February 20th, 1603/4. [Arber, ii. 736.] Entered his first publication in the registers December 4th, 1604. Two editions of King Lear bear his name and the date 1608, one without any address and the other with that of the Pyde Bull. That ​without address has the well-known "Heb Ddien, heb ddina ddim" device, the other the winged horse used by George Snowden and afterwards by Nicholas Okes, who took over the business of the Snowdens some time in the year 1608. In 1622, in conjunction with William Shefford, Butter published a sheet entitled News from most parts of Christendom and from that time made journalism his chief business. In 1630 he began a series of half-yearly volumes of collected foreign news under titles such as the Swedish Intelligencer. Charles I granted to Butter and N. Bourne the right of publishing all matter of history or news, they paying the sum of ten pounds yearly to the repair of St. Paul's. On May 21st, 1639, Butter made over the copyrights of all plays in his possession to Miles Fletcher, or Flesher, devoting himself entirely to the issue of news-sheets. He is last heard of in the Registers on December 3rd, 1663, when he made over to Thomas Rookes, q.v., his copyright in Dr. Halliday's Sermons. [Registers, Liber F, p. 274.] He died in the following February, and his death is thus recorded by Smyth in his Obituary: "22 Febry 1663/4. Nath: Butter an old stationer, died very poore." [D.N.B.; Library, N.S., No. 26, pp. 163–6; Domestic State Papers, 1638–9, p. 182.]