Vise (old form vys=a screw), a spiral staircase, the steps of which wind round a perpendicular shaft or pillar called the newel. The majority of ancient church towers are provided with staircases of this kind, and they are to be fluid in various situations in most Middle-age buildings. During the prevalence of the Norman style, … Continue reading “Vise”
Visdelou, Claude de
Visdelou, Claude de Born at the Château de Bienassis, Pléneuf, Brittany, 122 Aug., 1656; died at Pondicherry, 11 Nov., 1737. He entered the Society of Jesus, 5 Sept., 1673, and was one of the missionaries sent to China by Louis XIV in 1687 (see VERBIEST, FERDINAND). He acquired a wide knowledge of the Chinese language … Continue reading “Visdelou, Claude de”
Visconti, Teobaldo
Visconti, Teobaldo Reigned from 1 September 1271 to 20 January 1276 . Born in 1210 in Piacenza, Italy as Teobaldo Visconti; died on 20 January 1276 at Arezzo, Italy . After the death of Pope Clement IV in 1268, the Holy See was vacant for nearly three years. Finally the archdeacon of Liege, though not … Continue reading “Visconti, Teobaldo”
Visconti
Visconti was the name of an illustrious family of Lombardy, which separated itself from the sovereignty of Milan at the close of the 13th century. The following members are of ecclesiastical importance: 1. GIOVANNI DE, fourth son of Matteo the Great, was born in 1290, and, having entered the monastic life, was made cardinal by … Continue reading “Visconti”
Vischer, Peter
Vischer, Peter Sculptor and metal founder, b. at Nuremberg about 1460; d. in 1529. His father Hermann, who had immigrated to Nuremberg, made a baptismal font at Wittenberg, and memorial brasses at Bamberg, Meissen, and Posen, which show evidence under the Gothic forms of the greater naturalness of a new era. His son carried this … Continue reading “Vischer, Peter”
Visch, Matthias de
Visch, Matthias de a Flemish painter, was born at Reningen in 1702. He studied at Bruges, under Joseph Van der Kerkhove, and in the academy, where he obtained the first prize in 1721. He went to Paris in 1723, and from thence to Italy, where he resided nine years, diligently studying the antique and the … Continue reading “Visch, Matthias de”
Visch, Karl de
Visch, Karl de a Cistercian of Flanders, who died in the second half of the 17th century as professor of moral philosophy at Ebersbach, in Germany, is the author of Bibliotheca Scriptorum Ordinis Cisterciensis… acced. Chronologia Antiquissima Monasteriorum hujus Ordinis a 400 et quod excurrit Annis Concinnata (Cologne, 1656). He also edited Alani de Insulis … Continue reading “Visch, Karl de”
Viscata, or Viscosa
Viscata, or Viscosa (the cleaving), in Roman mythology, was a surname of Fortune, under which name she had a temple. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Visatatorial Power
Visatatorial Power is the authority possessed by the visitor of a corporate body or ecclesiastical society. Every corporation, whether lay or ecclesiastical, is visitable by some superior; and every spiritual person, being a corporation sole, is visitable by the ordinary. There is, however, in our ecclesiastical polity, an exception to this rule, for, by composition, … Continue reading “Visatatorial Power”
Visacci, Antonio
Visacci, Antonio (called also Il Visacci), an Italian painter, flourished at Urbino about 1600. He studied under Federigo Baroccio, and, in conjunction with other artists, was employed to paint the arches, pictures, and other decorations in honor of Giuilia de Medici, married to the duke of Urbino. He possessed a special talent for pen-drawing and … Continue reading “Visacci, Antonio”