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... early 16th centuries . Cima's fully developed style is evident in his earliest dated picture , an altarpiece done in 1489 ( Museo Civico of Vicenza ) . In 1492 Cima settled in Venice and in that year was commissioned to paint an ...
... early 16th centuries . Cima's fully developed style is evident in his earliest dated picture , an altarpiece done in 1489 ( Museo Civico of Vicenza ) . In 1492 Cima settled in Venice and in that year was commissioned to paint an ...
Page 713
... early , an abnormally small head results . Of the various sutures , the sagittal ( front to back along the top midline of the skull ) most frequently fuses prematurely . Because the skull then cannot grow in width , the vault becomes ...
... early , an abnormally small head results . Of the various sutures , the sagittal ( front to back along the top midline of the skull ) most frequently fuses prematurely . Because the skull then cannot grow in width , the vault becomes ...
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... early days . The location of salt de- posits a few miles west of the village provided the chief incentive for early white settlement . Shortly after Vermilion County was organized in 1826 , Dan Beckwith and Guy W. Smith , two early ...
... early days . The location of salt de- posits a few miles west of the village provided the chief incentive for early white settlement . Shortly after Vermilion County was organized in 1826 , Dan Beckwith and Guy W. Smith , two early ...
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