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Amico, Antonino de of Messina, canon of the Cathedral of Palermo, and historiographer to Philip IV, king of Spain, acquired much reputation for his knowledge in history and the antiquities of Sicily. Of his numerous works on this subject some have been printed and the others are in manuscript. Among those printed are, Trium Orientalium … Continue reading “Amico, Antonino de”

amice (Latin: amictus, garment) Short linen vestment, square or oblong in shape, worn beneath the alb to cover the shoulders of the priest while celebrating Mass. When putting it on he touches the head with it, saying: “Put on my head, O Lord, the helmet of salvation, in order to repel the assaults of the … Continue reading “Amice”

Amica (friend) was an epithet of Venus among the Athenians, because of her joining lovers. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amiatinus, Codex The most celebrated manuscript of the Latin Vulgate Bible, remarkable as the best witness to the true text of St. Jerome and as a fine specimen of medieval calligraphy, now kept at Florence in the Bibliotheca Laurentiana. The symbol for it is written am or A (Wordsworth). It is preserved in an immense … Continue reading “Amiatinus, Codex”

Amiatine Manuscript (CODEX AMIATINUS), the most valuable of the Latin uncial MSS. of the Vulgate translation, of which it is designated as am (Tischendorf, N.T. Gr. 7th ed. proleg. p. 247; Scrivener, Introd. to N.T. Crit. p. 264). Its name is derived from the Cistercian Monastery of Monte Amiatino in Tuscany, whence it was brought … Continue reading “Amiatine Manuscript”

Amias, Ven. John An English Martyr; b. at Wakefield; d. at York, 16 March, 1589. He exercised the trade of a cloth-merchant in Wakefield until the death of his wife, when he divided his property among his children, and became a priest at Reims in 1581. Of his missionary life we know little; he was … Continue reading “Amias, Ven. John”

Amianthus (, unstained, i e. by sin; Hebrew 7:3, “undefiled,” and so tropically, Jam 1:27; undecaying, 1Pe 1:4; chaste, Hebrew 13:4), the name of a fibrous mineral substance commonly called asbestos. This extraordinary mineral was well known to the ancients. It occurs in long, parallel, extremely slender and flexible fibres; it is found in all … Continue reading “Amianthus”

Amiable ami-a-bl (, yedhdh, beloved): Applied to the tabernacle or tent of meeting How amiable (lovely the Revised Version, margin) are thy tabernacles (Psa 84:1), the plural having reference to the subdivisions and appurtenances of the sanctuary (compare Psa 68:35). The adjective is rendered amiable in the sense of the French amiable, lovely; but the … Continue reading “Amiable”

Ami (Hebrew Ami’, , prob. a corrupted form of the name Amon; Sept. ), the chief of a family that returned from Babylon (Ezr 2:57); more properly called AMON SEE AMON (q.v.) in the parallel passage (Neh 7:59). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Ami AMI or AMON. Ezr 2:57; Neh 7:59. Fuente: … Continue reading “Ami”

Amherst, Francis Kerril, D.D. Bishop of Northampton; b. at London, 21 March, 1819; d. 21 August 1883. He was the eldest son of William Kerril Amherst, of Parndon, County Essex, Esquire, and of Mary Louisa, daughter of Francis Fortescue Turville, of Bosworth Hall, County Leicester, Esquire. He was sent to Oscott College in 1830, and … Continue reading “Amherst, Francis Kerril, D.D.”