Giovan

'Giovan' Battista, my husband, was a reasonable man, and even though he was in his youth led away ... '

The Torrents of Spring Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

Giovanni [Footnote 2: _Giovan; _ it is not likely that Leonardo should have called Giovan 'Antonio Beltraffio at one time Giovanni, as in this note and another time Antonio, as in No. 1464 while in

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

Giovanni [Footnote 2: _Giovan; _ it is not likely that Leonardo should have called Giovan 'Antonio Beltraffio at one time Giovanni, as in this note and another time Antonio, as in No. 1464 while in

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

Last time, my valiant and crafty Marines, led by the hardened veteran sergeant, Brother Caliphas, managed to hold off his alien attack. this time, my bloodthirsty alien horde tore through both Squad Giovan and Squad Adolpho, rending the marines into so many little chunks of blood, bone, and previously-thought-to-be-protective battle armour.

July 26th, 2007 archmage 2007

For that reason, the nights of oddball overindulgence in Florence with Giovan Francesco Rustici and the Company of the Cauldron do not take us to the heart of the Renaissance banqueting experience.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

Take the case of poor Cardinal Giovan Maria Del Monte, victim of the most vicious tales, which may have had something to do with his monstrous ugliness: it was remarked that his huge bent nose made his profile “the biggest laugh in the world.”

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

Their host was the sculptor Giovan Francesco Rustici.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

Giovan Francesco Rustici was an amiable eccentric with a pet porcupine; he was from a noble family, and therefore free to spend more energy on teaching his raven to talk than on taming his creative instincts to conform to the whim of wealthy patrons.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

His last painting, which, with the Mona Lisa, stood unclaimed in the chamber of his dying hours, was of John the Baptist, and his only surviving piece of sculpture executed together with Giovan Francesco Rustici, a known occultist also depicted the Baptist.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

His last painting, which, with the Mona Lisa, stood unclaimed in the chamber of his dying hours, was of John the Baptist, and his only surviving piece of sculpture executed together with Giovan Francesco Rustici, a known occultist also depicted the Baptist.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004