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high Aan in the eaft. On the northern fhore of its of execution too foon acquired. Although He poff-ffed, ia 
mouth is a fort, called ‘“* Danda Capitantria,”’ oom ferves the opinion of fome writers, talents even fuperixr to thofe of 
as a guard of - Pane between Kongo and Ango his uncle and father, his defire of gain fo overbalanced the 
ANDACA, in Ancient Geography, Efhi-Fores, a en refpedt he owed his reputation, that his bold pencil generaliy 
of the Cherfonefus ar upon the molt welterly point of Pear itfelf to paint the uaftudied and il!-digelted compo- 
the perinfula, W.N. erfonefus. itions of an hour. Sometimes, however, wheu he was well 
AND ULA,a ee of India, on this fide of the pad, he fhewed his abilities; as in a cupola at the church of 
Ganges, in the vicinity of the promontory of Calingon. S. Maria Maddalena, at Florence, as weil as in fome fiet- 
DANDAR, in Geography. a circar ot Hindooftan, in the coes in the ducal nalace and villas. In the public alace at 
country of Guzcrat, on the banks of the Puddar, §.W. of Pafa, is an extenfive compofition . this artit, reprefentirg 
mae the oe of Jerufalem, which 
DANDARICA, in Ancient Geography, a kingdom fitu- lent. One of his beft altar-pieces is in “ church of the Servi 
ated S.E. of the = lus Meeotides, which was traverfed at Peience, it os Beato Piccelomini in the a& of 
by the ae Hypani faying mafs. Pietro Dandini died in 1712, leaving a fon 
8) ARIT, a ene of Afia, who inhabited the vici- named Ottaviano, vie followed the footf ‘eps of his father 
nity 0 of mount Gonewas. Steph. Byz. Strabo places them to in feveral public works which he executed in Florence. Lanz’. 
the iouth of the Palus Mzxotides. Thefe people ee ede DANDOLO, Henry, in Biography, one of the mot ilul- 
the northern coaft of the Euxine fea, ac the angle of the trions of the doges of Venice. In carly life he had been am- 
eafters part. It is oe PI mmtanus Marceilinus. baffador at the court of Canitantinople, where he maintained 
DANDAXANA, a town of a ia in the Meli- a ihe of his country with fpirit and dignity was 
tend ee foward the N.W. of Arc e had reaclhid his ezghty-fourth year the at he w 
DANDELION, in Botany. See Lions DON ie ced to the high honour of doge; but he retained his 
: pede t, in Agriculture, is the name of a en ’ trouble- nes at that period with fo much vigour, that the events 
fome weed, the & ee Bais cn is weli known as of his governmeat were among the principal caufes of the 
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Pliage, who took him to Pifa, where he avatled him- was chan and difmantled ; and the conquerors ner 
feif of his affitance ina vies. work he was there Conftant sean on the pretext of aiding Alexius Angelus 
emploved to execute. On his return, Cefare was fent by reftore his egies the emperor Ifaac, who had been Jethroned 
his father to complete his ftudies at Rome. There he re- by his own brother. The {pirited and venerable doge en~ 
mained fome years, and upon his return to Florence enjoyed tered cance into this ari for the fake of os to 
the reputa ation of an experienced and corre&t painter. His his country an acceflion of commerce an dom nion. ‘The 
sete St. Carle and other faints, which is judicioufly armour, on the prow of his galley, with the great ftandard 
compoled, executed with a mafterly pencil, and well pre- of St. Mark difplayed pase him, commanded his men to 
ferved. This artilt died at the place of his nativity in 1658. row up to the walis, and was the firft who leaped on fhore. 
Baldinucci. The walls and towers on at part were {needily uccupied by 
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till, was born at P oeice in ico, After ae been them, when ‘Dandolo was called away to the affiftance of 
taught the firft rudiments of his art in the fchool of Cefare, the French, who were furrounded by {uperior numbers. The 
be went to Rome, where he ftudied fome time under Pietro Greeks were foon repu ulfed, and the ufurper fled, leaving his 
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ou his return to Florence. He painteda beautiful ceiling, in lemnly invelted with the title ae defpot of Romania. 
which he reprefented Rc attended by the hours, at the died at Conftantinople, in the year a, at the great age e 
villa of Poggio Imperiale ; and a large pi€ture of the Sacrifice ninety-fever. Mo 
of Niobe, at that ef Petraja. One of his beft altar-pieces, Danpoto, Anparw, doge of Venice, and the hiftorian 
which are frequent at Florence, is the Conception of the Vir- of his country, was born about the e year I He diftin 
gin, in the church of Ognifanti. Lanzi. Storia Pitt. ely himfelf in ca ‘life by ‘us attainments in Heat 
Danoini, Prerro, the fon and difciple of Vincenzio, and was in 1344 eleCted doge. Under his government the 
was born at Florence, in 1646. The ftyle of Pietro Retoc erie charaGter of his country ranked very high, ard its 
ee though founded on that of his father, foon degenerated commerce was extended, particularly by a conneGtion with 
nto Se mannerifm which is frequently the refult a faeility Egypt, which Dandolo = by menas of an embafly i 
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