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68 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter C, entry Ca^ti^na
   a town on the east coast of Sicily, at the foot of Ætna, now Catania, ; ; ; —Hence, (32.28)

2. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (eds. Marian Holland McAllister, Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald) alphabetic letter K
   St. Sic. Orientale 54-55 (1958-59) 249-51; id., “Stipe votiva di un santuario di Demitra a Catania,” BdA (1960) 247-62; id., “Un Martyrium paleocristiano di Catania e il sepolcro di Julia Florentina,” Oikoumene (1964) 593-612; id., Scavi e scoperte archealogiche a Catania nell'ultimo decennio (1964); S. Lagona, “L'acquedotto romano di Catania,” Cronache di Archeologia 3 (1964) 39-86. (27.92)

3. Perseus Vase Catalog entry Cincinnati 1976.205
   A-8); another lioness may have been the subject of a very fragmentary plate in Catania, from the Demeter Sanctuary (Amyx, CorVP 168, no. (13.36)

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1 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter M, entry 21033
   son of Simon of Montfort, earl of Leicester [q. v.]; shared command at Lewes, 1264; wounded and taken prisoner at Evesham, 1265; escaped to France, 1266; governor of Tuscany, 1268; with his brother Simon murdered Henry of Cornwall at Viterbo, 1271, in revenge for his father's death; excommunicated and outlawed, 1273; bought his freedom, 1274; captain-general of the papal forces, 1283; captured at Catania, 1287; died in a Sicilian prison. [xxxviii. (4.49)

108 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 203208
   Catania, Museo Civico, 4226 (14.44)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 214805
   Catania, Museo Civico (14.44)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 310265
   Catania, Museo Civico, 645 (14.44)

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4 from Boyle Work Diaries

1. Ben Coates, Charles Littleton, Michael Hunter, The Work-diaries of Robert Boyle: Biographical and Bibliographical Register entry London Gazette
   It was the most violent eruption of historical times -- about 990,000,000 cubic yards of lava were thrown out and the lava flow destroyed a dozen villages and submerged the western part of Catania. (6.46)

2. Robert Boyle (1627-91), Work-diary XXII ('Promiscuous Addenda to my severall Treatises') entry 123
   This great body of Fire in little Time divided it selfe into three parts, one branch of it falling upon the Lands of the Anunciata di Buonpiteri, di Massa Lucia, and di Santo Pietro; every where destroying all things its way, with severall of the people who had not timely conveyed themselves to a great distance The second drove with as much fury upon La Guardia di Putielli, the Tower of Malpassa, and Campo Rotundo, & the white Monastery within three miles of Catania, warmly alaruming the City which had immediately their recourse to Heaven, exposing their most sacred Relicks as in a time of the greatest danger & extremity; & to adde to their Calamity, & to drive them farther into despair, some few nights after this first Eruption, the Mountain above Buonpeteri sent forth as great a flame as the other, with such a prodigious quantity of Ashes as coverd the whole Countrey; Then & the following dayes so filling the Air that the Day could scarcely be distinguisht from the Night; & all this accompanied with Terrible Thunders & Earthquakes the Sea near Catania during all this time waring & beating the shoars with extraordinary violence. (3.72)

3. Robert Boyle (1627-91), Work-diary XXII ('Promiscuous Addenda to my severall Treatises') entry 123
   The Bishop of Catania, with the Magistrates, fearing the Ruine of that City, had sent to Messina & other Neighbour Ports, for all the Teluca's, Barks & other Vessels that could be gotten, to take in such Goods as were brought in thither from the Countrey; The Monkes & Religious Persons, as well as others, being ready to imbark themselves upon any nearer approach of danger; but by letters of March 17 from these parts, they write, that the Flames were much abated, 'twas hoped the danger of them was over. (2.96)

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