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Bandello

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[bahn-del-law] / bɑnˈdɛl lɔ /

noun

  1. Matteo 1485–1561, Italian ecclesiastic and author.


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But the Spaniard, who was certainly acquainted with Bandello, hath not only changed the Catastrophe, but the names of the Characters.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

It introduced to England some of the best novels of Boccaccio, Bandello, and Queen Margaret, three of the best raconteurs of short stories the world has ever had.

From The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 by Painter, William

H. Stephen, Traité preparatif à l’Apologie; Bandello, Part I. nov. xxv.

From The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 by Painter, William

Incidents in The Merry Wives have sources or parallels in the same work, in Straparola's Piacevoli Notti, and in Bandello, but in both cases English versions were available.

From The Facts About Shakespeare by Nielson, William Allan

It has been aptly compared to a novella by Bandello, and is indeed more than worthy of the pen of the good Dominican Bishop of Agen.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague

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