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BELLORI

Volume 4 · 74 words · 1860 Edition

Giovanni Pietro**, an eminent antiquary and connoisseur, born at Rome in 1615. He wrote *Vite de' Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti, Moderni*, 4to, Rome 1672, of which the first part only was printed; and he was also the author of various works on antiquities and medals. He died in 1696.

**Bellovaci**, a people of Gallia Belgica, the most powerful and bravest of the Belgae. In Caesar's time they could bring 100,000 men into the field.