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PIERO (1443—1496)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 1 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PIERO (1443—1496)

PIERO (1443—1496) was a painter, and his See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

WORKS

works were his " See also:

CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

Coronation of the Virgin," an See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar-piece painted in 1483, in the See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir of the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral at See also:

SAN

San Gimignano; his " Three See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints," an altar-piece, and " Prudence " are both at the Uffizi See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

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