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...Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Pope has issued an invitation to 3,000 Roman Catholic prelates to prepare a great international exhibition of the missionary activities of the Roman Catholic Church. This exhibit will be held in Rome during the " Holy Year," 1925. " Anno Santo " was omitted in 1850 because Rome was held by revolutionists, and in 1875 because of the recent loss of temporal power. The twenty-first of these papal jubilees was held in 1900, under Pius...
...recovered the instrument from a pawnshop where it was reposing as guarantee for $1.75. At the station house a man familiar with violins looked closely at the ancient " box." He was vastly interested. He had a violin maker open the instrument. Inside was the label-" Antonius Stradivarius, Cremonensis, faciebat anno 1723." Experts said that the "Strad" was genuine...
...Holbein Portrait is painted in a roundel of oak and represents a young man, almost full face, dressed in a black coat and cap. In his left hand he holds a pair of gloves. The background is a greenish blue, and on it is inscribed: "Anno Domi 1535 Etatis Svae 28." Professor Paul Ganz, the well-know authority on Holbein, writing of this portrait says: "The Portrait of a Young Man" is a genuine, exquisite work of Hans Holbein the Younger. The drawing for this picture is in the Library of Windsor Caste. . .In my opinion this unknown...
...splendid and spirited Franz Hals gives an excellent idea of the work of that great master. It is a half-length portrait of a well-to-do substantial Dutchman, seated, and is signed in the centre with a monogram and inscribed with the age of the sitter and dated Anno. 1637. This picture was formerly in the collection of Sir Edgar Vincent, and was exhibited in the Grafton Galleries in 1911. The brilliancy of the artist's brush work is particularly noticeable in his handling of the collar and the sleeves of his genial sitter...
...Nisi Prius, Summer Term, May 20th, Anno Domini MCMXII, hor. 2 post meridiem, on Soldiers Field...