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 Eaate luti...|u, n,,n t<> IV 

 Miisi.kr, 1;V.)7. wrote of the Pa vano 

 as " a kind of ataide musicke, or- 

 dained for grave dauncing . . . 

 overie straine ia plaid or nun;. 



.nc they make to contain 8, 

 ll'. ui lt,mibrevc as they list, yet 

 d \M i than eight I have not aeene 

 in any pa van. . . . After everie 

 ui- usually set a galliard." 

 See Suite. 



Pavement. Flour ( any hard 

 material, such as marble ; also the 

 pivpan-d covering of a road or 

 footway, or any other surface sub- 

 jected to traffic. It K )it\rr. 

 more usually restricted in meaning 

 to street pavements. 



Pavia. Prov. of N. Italy, in 

 Ixmibardy. It is bounded X. by 

 Milan, N.W. by Novara, W. by 

 Alessandria, E. by Piacenza, and 

 S. by Genoa. Mountainous in the 

 S., it stretches N.W. from the 

 Ligurian Apennines to the valley 

 of the river Po. Fertile tracts in 

 the N. and centre are watered by 

 the Ticino, Sesia, and other tribu- 

 taries of the Po. There are many 

 canals, the/ chief linking up the 

 Ticino with the Olona. Area, 1,287 

 sq. m. Pop. 514,500. 



Pavia. City of Italy. The capi- 

 tal of the prov. of Pavia, it is the 

 ancient Ticinum. It stands on the 

 left bank of the Ticino, near its 

 junction with the Po, 2'2 in. by rly. 

 S. of Milan. A magnificent 14th 

 century covered bridge spans the 

 river, connecting with the suburb of 

 Ticino. The cathedral was founded 

 in 1487 and the facade finished in 

 1898. S. Michele, one of the finest 

 specimens of the Lombard basilica, 

 dates from the llth century. In it 

 some of the medieval emperors 

 were crowned kings of the Lom- 

 bards. The original church, which 

 was in existence as early as 661, 

 was burned down in 1004 ; its 

 successor was restored in 1863-76. 



The university is a handsome 

 building, dating from 1490, but 

 Pavia was a centre of learning as 

 early as the 9th century. Attached 

 to the modern edifice is a well- 

 stocked library and a botanical 

 garden. The Palazzo Malaspina 

 houses a collection of paintings, 

 engravings, and historical relics. 

 The Castello, built by Galeazzo 

 Visconti about 1360, is a huge 

 quadrangular structure with ar- 

 cades, which formerly contained a 



priceless collection of armour and 

 irianrelira; it WM looted by 

 the French in 

 1301), and ia now 

 used M a bar- 

 racks. Near by 

 is the Certoaa di 

 Pavia. Manufao 

 tures are mum 



portant, but there ia trade in ailk, 

 wine, oli vea and olive oil, corn, hemp, 

 and Parmesan cheese. Pop. 40,000. 

 Founded by OatiU, Pavia waa 

 the capital of the kingdom of the 

 Lombards until 774, when it was 

 raptured by Charlemagne. It fell 

 into the hands of the Viaconti in 

 MH llth century, and thereafter 

 shared in the fortune* of Milan. 

 It was sacked three times by the 

 French, and occupied by Austria 

 in 1706. 1746, and 1814, in whose 

 possession it remained until 1859, 

 when it became Italian. See 

 Certosa. 



Pavia, BATTLE OF. Victory of 

 Charles V over the French, 1525. 

 After a protracted siege of the city 

 of Pavia by Francis I of France, an 

 imperial army was collected for 

 its IT lief and the battle opened 

 without the city walls, Feb. i>l. 

 1525. The day was going in favour 

 of the French when their Swiss mer- 

 cenaries deserted in a body. Troops 

 emerged from the city and took the 

 French in the rear, and after a 

 bloody contest the latter were 

 routed with a loss of 10,000 men, 

 Francis himself being taken pris- 

 oner. The battle ended the French 

 invasion of Italy. 



Pavilion. Word derived indi- 

 rectly from Lat. papilio (butterfly) 

 and used at first for a tent of a 

 rather elaborate kind. It was 

 given to the temporary erections at 

 tournaments and festivities, e.g. 

 at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. 

 To-day it is chiefly used for a build- 

 ing attached to a recreation ground. 

 Paving. Word used in two 

 HIM- as a synonym of pave- 

 ment and the- cither for the materials 



for a pavement. Paring eziated 

 certainly 2000 B.C., and there are 

 constant references to the paving 

 of Roman and other ancient cities. 

 The Roman* used atone, mortar, 

 and cement in layers. Lava waa a 

 ite atone in Pompeii. Cobble 

 atones were a general form of pav- 

 ing until the 19th century, when 

 the use of granite, aaphalt, wood, 

 and other materials gradually 

 spread. See Roads. 



Paviors* OK PAVIOUBS' COM- 

 PANY, THE. London city livery com- 

 pany. Referred to in Strype's Stow, 



_ m ed. 1755", as " no 



doubt a company 

 of ant i. p. 

 but without any 

 record of incor- 

 poration, and by 

 Maitland in 1739 

 as a company by 

 prescription, this 

 guild was recon- 

 structed in 1889. 

 The office is at 62, London Wall, 

 B.C. See An Account of the . . . 

 Paviore, C. \\Yl.-h. 1W9. 



Pavlograd. Town of central 

 Russia. It is in the govt., and 

 40 m. N.E., of Ekaterinoslav, on 

 the river Voltcha, and the Kursk - 

 Sevastopol rly. Here are numerous 

 flour mills, tobacco and brick 

 works, and considerable trade in 



Pavion' Company 



arms 



Pavia, Italy. Part of nave and pulpit of the cathedral 

 top, right, facade ol the church ot S. Miebele 



tin and cattle, 

 is a Cossack 

 settlement. Pop. 

 40,000. 



Pavlova, ANNA. 

 Russian dancer. 

 Born in Russia, 

 she made her first 

 appearances at the 

 Imperial-' ^Opera 

 House, St. Peters- 

 burg, and soon be- 

 c a m e the most 

 noted dancer in Eu- 

 rope. She made her 

 debut in London, in 

 1909, at the Palace 



