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ZELAN, in Geography, a mountain in the county of 

 Tyrol ; 20 miles N.E. of Trent. 



Z EL ANDY, a fmall ifland in the Eaft Indian fea, near 

 the W. coaft of Sumatra. N. lat. o^ 53'. E. long. 98° 14'. 



ZELANICA, a cape on the N. coail of Nova Zembla. 

 N. lat. 78°. E. long. 77° 24'. 



ZELATE, a town of the country of Candahar ; 30 

 miles N.E. of Candahar. 



ZELEBI. See Schelebt. 



ZELEEFA, a town of Africa, in the country of Tunis ; 

 10 miles S.E. of Cairoan. 



ZELEH, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the government 

 of Sivas, anciently a town of Pontus, and called Zela. Near 

 this place the Romans, under Triarius, were defeated by 

 Mithridates ; and Pharnaces, fon of Mithridates, was after- 

 wards defeated by Julius Csefar ; 21 miles W.S.W. of 

 Tocat. See Zela. 



ZELEIA, in Ancient Geography, a town built, accord- 

 ing to Homer, at the foot of mount Ida. It was watered 

 bytheTarfius, and had to the S. the lake Aphnitis. Ac- 

 cording to Strabo, it had alfo in ancient times an oracle, 

 but in his time it was not confulted. 



ZELEM, in the Materia Medica of the ylncients, a name 

 given by Avicenna and others to a fruit common in Africa 

 in their time, and much efteemed by the people of that 

 country, and called there by fome piper tiigrorutn, the black 

 people's pepper, or negro-pepper. 



Avicenna tells us, that the zclem was a fattifh feed, of 

 the fize of a chich, and of a high flavour, in colour yellow 

 on the outfide, and white within, and that it was brought 

 from Barbary. 



He adds, that there was another plant, properly called 

 fulful alfuaden, that is, piper nigrorum. This, he fays, was 

 a feed contained in pods like kidney-beans, and was black, 

 and of a pungent and acrid tafte. 



ZELENIN, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Frozen 

 ocean, near the S.W. coall of Nova Zembla. N. lat. 70^ 

 50'. E. long. 56° 24'. 



ZELENOIKOLOK, a fort of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Caucafus, on the Ural ; 44 miles N. of Curitv. 



ZELES, in Ancient Geography, a town of Hifpauia, in 

 Bcetica, upon a ftrait which feparated Hifpania from Africa, 

 according to Strabo. This author reports, that the Romans 

 traufported the inhabitants into Mauritania, together with 

 others drawn away from Tingis, eftabliftied the town of 

 Julia Joga. 



ZELETAWA, in Geography. See Scheleta. 



ZELEZENSKAIA, a fort of Ruflia, in the govern- 

 ment of Kolivan, on the E. fide of the Irtifch. N. lat. 

 53° 25'. E. long. 75° 40'. 



ZELITO, or ZiLiTO, a fort of South America, in the 

 harbour of Carthagena. 



ZELL, a town of Auftria ; 14 miles N.N.W. of St. 



Wolfgang Alfo, a town of Bavaria, in the bifhopric of 



Bamberg ; 10 miles W. of Bamberg. — Alio, a town of 

 Germany, in the principality of Culnibach ; 12 miles S.S.W. 

 of Hof. — Alfo, a town of the duchy of Wurzburg ; 3 

 miles N. of Schweinfurt. 



ZeLL. See LlEBENZELL. 



Zell im Ham, a town of Germany, on the Mofelle ; 25 

 miles N.E. of Treves. N. lat. 50° 4'. E. long. 7° 7'. 



Zell in the Pizgau, a town of the archbifhopric of Salz- 

 burg, on the Zeller See ; 30 miles S.S.W. of Salzburg. 



Zell in ZHlerlhal, a town of the archbifhopric of Salz- 

 burg, en the Ziller ; 50 miles S.W. of Salzburg. 



Zell am Hammerjbach, a town of Germany, fituated in 

 the vale of Hamraerfbach. The town vv-is imperial, .ind 



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aflelTed twenty-one florins till 1802, when it was given to 

 the margrave of Baden ; 9 miles W. of Freudenlladt. N 

 lat. 48° 23'. E. long. 8° 7'. 



ZELLA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Africa, which 

 was ruined during tlie war of Cssfar againft Scipio. Strabo. 



ZELLANG, in Geography, a town on the W. coaft of 

 the iiland of Celebes. S". lat. 4° 20'. E. long, i 20° 3'. 



ZELLE, or Altenzelle, a town of Saxony, in the 

 circle of Erzgebirg ; 2 miles W. of Nofl'en. 



Zelle, u city of WellphaHa, in the principality of Lune- 

 burg. This is a fortified and well-built town, fituated on 

 the Al'.er, which is here navigable, and behind the New 

 Town is joined by the Fuhfee. The town itfelf, in con- 

 jiindtion with the fuburb of Fritzenweife, confifts of 564 

 houfes ; but including the other fuburbs, fummer-houfes, 

 and buildings without the gates, the number of them 



amounts to about 1400. At this place was held the high 

 courtof appealsforthe feveral territories of theekaoralhoufe 

 of Brunfwick-Luneburg, together with the chancery j 

 chief tribunal of the principality of Luneburg. H 



and 

 ere 



alfo itands the provincial houfe for the diets of the princi 

 p;dity, together with one of its fuperintendencies, and a 

 fpecial fuperintendency which is adminiftered by the general 

 fiiperiutendant, who is always firft minifter of the town 

 church. The other public edifices in it are, the Guildhall, 

 the ridinghoufe, the mews, and the armoury. The magif- 

 tracy is poireffcd of the lower jurifdiftion in the town, and 

 likewife in fome parts of the fuburbs. At this place, too, 

 are manufafturers and artificers in various branches, particu- 

 larly in gold and filver. The prince's feat, near the town, 

 is walled and moated in, and was the refidence of the Zelle 

 line of Brunfwick-Luneburg, which failed in 1-05. It 

 was built by dnke Henry, in the year 1485, and afterwards 

 improved ; 40 miles S. of Luneburg. N. lat. 53° 42'. E. 

 long. 10° 14'. 



ZELLENBERG, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Upper Rhine ; 9 miles N. of Colmar. 



ZELLER See, a lake of Germany, in the archbifhopric 

 of Salzburg ; 28 miles S.S.W. of Salzburg. 



ZELLE RFELD, a town of Wellphalia, in the Harz 

 Forefl ; filver to the value of 20,000 imperial crowns is 

 ar.nnallv coined in this town ; 6 miles S.S.W. of Goflar 



ZELLERNDORFF, a town of Auftria ; 3 miles S.E. 

 of Sch ratten taal. 



ZELLHOFEN, a town of Auftria; lo miles N.W. 

 of Grem. 



ZELLIA, in Ar.cient Geography, a country of Upper 

 Pannonia, inhabited by the Slavi. 



ZELL IN, in Geography, a town of the New Mark of 

 Brandenburg ; i 3 miles N.W. of Cuftrin. 



ZELLINGEN, a town of the duchy of Wurzburg; 

 8 miles N. of Wurzburg. 



ZELLITZ, a town of the duchy of Stiria; 8 miles 

 W. of Marburg. 



ZELON, a town of Thibet ; 27 miles S.W. of Laffa. 



ZELOTTI, Battista, m Biography, was born at Ve- 

 rona in 1532. He was a pupil of Titian, .iccording to 

 Vafari, and a fellow-ftudent with Paolo Veronefe, with 

 whom he co-operated in feveral important works at Venice. 

 He particularly excelled in frrfco, and that induced Paolo 

 to court his afTiflance in many of the great works in which 

 he was engaged. In confequence many of his works are 

 given to Vtronefe, and tliofe in the hall of the Council of 

 Ten, in the palazzo S. Marco, have been engraved by Le 

 Febre as the works of that mafter. His pifture of the 

 rloly Family, in the Carara coUeftion, is painted with the 

 fitengih ai,d warmth of Titian, and others of his works in 



oil 



