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Martha (name)
Martha is a feminine given name (Latin from Ancient Greek wikt:Μάρθα, Μάρθα (''Mártha''), from Aramaic wikt:מרתא, מרתא (''Mārtā'') "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מרי "master"). Patti (given name), Patti, Patsy, and Patty (given name), Patty were in use in Colonial America as English Hypocorism, rhyming diminutives of the diminutive Mattie (name), Mattie. Molly (name), Molly has been used as a diminutive of Martha since the 1700s. Variants in different languages: * Maata (Maori) * Марфа (Marfa (given name), Marfa) (Russian and Belarusian), formerly spelled "Марѳа" from the Greek version of the name, that the Russians assimilate in F * Márta (Hungarian) * Marta, Martha (Indonesian) * Marta (given name), Marta (Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish) * Марта (Marta) (Ukrainian) * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Breviary
The Isabella Breviary (Ms. 18851) is a late 15th-century illuminated manuscript now in the British Library, London. Queen Isabella I of Castile was given the manuscript shortly before 1497 by her ambassador Francisco de Rojas to commemorate the double marriage of her children and the children of Emperor Maximilian of Austria and Duchess Mary of Burgundy. Origin The work known as the breviary of Isabella I of Castile is a ''Breviarium Romanum'' made in Flanders for a Castilian nobleman Francisco de Rojas near the end of the 15th century. It was a present for Isabel at the occasion of the marriage of her children with the children of Maximilian.On Folio 437 recto the Coat of arms and the motto of Francisco de Rojas can be found together with the dedication of the codex. Francisco de Rojas y Escobar was a Castilian diplomat who carried out several important diplomatic missions for Ferdinand. He negotiated the marriage between Infante Juan, the Crown Prince, and Margaret of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
