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256 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter P, entry Pi_sae
   ārum, f., a very ancient eity of Etruria, a colony of Pisa in Elis, still called Pisa: (23.70)

2. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *o, entry *)olumpi/a
   ; or Pisa itself, , etc. (19.92)

3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter S
   In B.C. 572 the Scilluntians assisted Pyrrhus, king of Pisa, in making war upon the Eleians; but they were completely conquered by the latter, and both Pisa and Scillus were razed to the ground. (18.28)

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26 from Renaissance Materials

1. William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (eds. W. Aldis Wright, W. G. Clark) act 4, scene 2, line 95
   Ped. Ay, sir, in Pisa have I often been,
   
   
   Pisa renowned for grave citizens.
   (10.88)

2. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Wall
   (Pisa --s). (8.91)

3. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Be.
   Pisa gave me my being, . (8.68)

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1 from The Tragedie of Coriolanus

1. William Shakespeare, Appendix: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) section DRAMATIC VERSIONS, subsection Hardys Coriolan
   On the subject of Coriolanus operas were composed by: Cavalli, Parma, 1660; Perti, Venice, 1683; Polarolo, Venice, 1698; Cattani, Pisa, 1700; Caldara, Vienna, 1717; Ariosti, London, 1723; Daniel Gottlob Treu, Breslau, 1726; Jomelli, Rome, 1744; Pulli, Naples, 1745; Carl Hein- rich Graun, Berlin, 1750; Lavigna, Parma, 1806; Niccolini, Milan, 1809; Radicati, 1810(? (2.70)

34 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter H, entry 13944
   general; Froissart's ‘Haccoude’; said to have served under Edward III; with troop of free lances stormed Pau, 1359; with Bernard de la Salle levied contributions from Innocent VII, 1360; shared in English victory of Brignais, 1362; took service with Monferrato against Milan, his troops becoming known as the White Company; held to ransom the Count of Savoy; defeated Visconti's Hungarian mercenaries, 1363; served unsuccessfully Pisa against Florence, 1363-4, and assisted Agnello to make himself doge of Pisa, 1364; with company of St. George ravaged country between Genoa and Siena, 1365-6, pillaged the Perugino; escorted Agnello to meet the Pope at Viterbo, 1367; took service with Milan, 1368; captured by the pope's mercenaries at Arezzo, but ransomed by Pisa, 1369; defeated at Rubiera the army of Monferrato, 1372; won a great victory for Pope Gregory XI over Gian Galeazzo Visconti at Gavardo, 1374; levied contributions on Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lucca, and Arezzo, 1375; received pension from Florence, 1375; obtained Cotignola and other places in Romagna in default of papal pay, but joined anti-papal league, 1377, marrying a natural daughter of Bernabò Visconti; with Count Landau forced Verona to pay tribute to Milan, 1378; defeated by Stephen Laczsk, and proscribed by Visconti; generally served Florence from 1380, but won the victory of Castagnaro against Verona for Padua, 1386; joint-ambassador for England at Rome, 1382, and at Florence and Naples, 1385; as commander-in-chief at Florence carried on successful war against Milan, 1390-92; died at Florence and was buried in the Duomo. (12.29)

2. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter D, entry 8189
   biographical and miscellaneous writer; entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in his tenth year; travelled in France, then in a disturbed state, and was sent from the university of Louvain to be educated at Rome; graduated at Douay; graduated in canon law at Paris; appointed professor of humanities at Toulouse; elected professor of oratory of Nîmes; refuted William Cowper (1568-1619) [q. v.] in a theological controversy at Perth; professor in the Collèges des Grassins, de Lisieux, and de Plessy, Paris; published an enlarged edition of Rosinus's ‘Antiquitatum Romanarum Corpus absolutissimum’ (1620); appointed professor of civil law at Pisa by Cosmo II, grand duke of Tuscany; left Pisa, when an Englishman, whom he had insulted, attempted to assassinate him; became professor of humanities at Bologna; accused of heresy by his English enemy, to whom he was subsequently reconciled by a court of arbitration at Rome; knighted by Urban VIII; died at Bologna; edited Claudian, was famous as a Latin poet, and wrote ‘Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum’ (published 1627), ‘De Etruria Regali’ (printed 1723-4), and an autobiography. [xiv. (10.60)

3. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter H, entry 15409
   abbot of Reading and archbishop of Rouen; born in Laon; abbot of Reading, 1125; archbishop of Rouen, 1130; founded abbey of St. Martin of Aumale; supported Innocent II against the anti-pope Anacletus; attended council of Pisa, 1134, and Henry I on his deathbed; supporter of Stephen; reconciled Earl of Gloucester and Count of Boulogne; his works in Migne's ‘Patrologiæ Cursus. (9.63)

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3 from American Memory: California

1. Eldorado, or, Adventures in the path of empire: comprising a voyage to California, via Panama; life in San Francisco and Monterey; pictures of the gold region, and experiences of Mexican travel. By Bayard Taylor page 137
   Quiet it certainly is, to one coming from San Francisco; but it is only dull in the sense that Nice and Pisa are dull cities. (3.32)

2. To and fro in southern California /Emma H. Adams page 57
   Lazily leaning against the fence, like so many towers of Pisa, were a dozen bronzed Mexicans, who spent the twenty minutes of our stay gazing dreamily at the coaches. (2.70)

3. A journey to, on and from the "golden shore," by Sue A. Sanders page 19
   It rises solitary and alone to the height of three hundred feet, and has a swell on top which excels the lower part of the shaft and makes the whole structure, in appearance, outvie the leaning tower of Pisa. (2.56)

4 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin page 477
   In Pisa I was interested only in the baptistry with its echo which in musical tones repeats the voice three times, the cathedral with its mosaics and paintings, and the Leaning tower. (4.66)

2. Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 9 page 199
   From Naples he went to Rome, thence to Florence, Leghorn, and the leaning tower of Pisa. (2.84)

3. Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin page 918
   Pisa (Italy), Curtin visits, 477. (2.19)

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5 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Joseph Pearson Farley, Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson, a retrospect of peace and war, by Joseph Pearson Farley page 259
   The two porphyry columns, taken formerly from the Pisan gates, were presented to the Florentines by the inhabitants of Pisa as trophies for their valor. (5.44)

2. Charles Frederick Stansbury, Lake of the Great Dismal page 214
   At a final lock near the lake lived a lonely spiritless gate keeper, in a house which had been carried down by the weight of its brick chimney into the spongy ground, and imitated in its poor way the leaning tower of Pisa. (3.41)

3. Peter Force, Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 2 page 8
   In Italy, the prouinces of Genua, Lumbardy, and Verona, with a great part of the most famous Sate of Venice, the Dukedoms of Bononia, Mantua, Ferrara, Rauenna, Bolognia, Florence, Pisa, Sienna, Vrbine, Ancona, and the ancient Citie and Countrey of Rome, with a great part of the great Kingdome of Naples. (2.99)

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13 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 43750
   ITALY, NORTH, PISA (13.15)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 41368
   ITALY, NORTH, PISA (10.68)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 43758
   ITALY, NORTH, PISA (7.82)

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