a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens having mottled black-and-white plumage.
First recorded in 1870–75
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It was while completing this picture that the message as to the San Agostino ancona reached Pietro.
From Great Masters in Painting: Perugino by Williamson, George C.
The cathedral, rebuilt in 1772-1784, contains the chief work of the sculptor Domenico Rosselli of Rovezzano, a richly sculptured ancona of 1480.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
His great ancona, in the National Gallery, is a marvel of elaborate ornament and enamel-like painting.
From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March
One of the most puzzling questions which arises in a book about Perugino is how this ancona is to be reconstructed.
From Great Masters in Painting: Perugino by Williamson, George C.
He had picked up the first fragment, a slender St. Catherine of Alexandria demurely leaning upon her spiked wheel, at a provincial antiquary's in Romagna, not far from where the ancona had been impiously dismembered.
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett
Ted Ancona and his wife, Valerie Mathews, have driven their 24-foot recreational vehicle on summer trips to the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains and to Albuquerque,where Ancona was born.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
Ancona and Mathews, 71, escaped the fire with pictures they grabbed from the walls and their 14-year-old mixed tabby cat Callie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
An earlier version of this article misstated the distance between Ancona and where the survivors were found.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
British citizen Josie lives with her Italian husband in Ancona, Italy.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
Firmly fixed at Ancona and Rimini and Osimo, Belisarius gradually forced his way nearer to Ravenna, and, in a.d.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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