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Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript.
(2) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(3) Letters topped by Macron are represented as [=x].
(4) Letters topped by Breve are represented as [)x].
(5) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
Article CHOPIN, FREDERIC FRANÇOIS: "which excited the wondering
enthusiasn of Robert Schumann." 'enthusiasn' amended to
'enthusiasm'.
Article CHRISTIANITY: "only in Alexandria was there a genuine
effort make to solve the fundamental problems of God." 'make'
amended to 'made'.
Article CHURCH HISTORY: "This enlargement of the bishop's parish
and multiplication of the chuches under his care led to a change
in the functions of the presbyterate." 'chuches' amended to
'churches'.
Article CIBORIUM: "and in the Western Church the canopy was known
as a 'baldaquin,' Ital. baldacchino, from Baldacco, the Itilian
name of Bagdad." 'Itilian' amended to 'Italian'.
Article CICERO: "In the war between Marius and Sulla has
sympathies were with Sulla, but he did not take up arms" 'has'
amended to 'his'.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
AND GENERAL INFORMATION