HEINRICH BEBEL
\hˈe͡ɪnɹɪt͡ʃ bɪbˈɛl], \hˈeɪnɹɪtʃ bɪbˈɛl], \h_ˈeɪ_n_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ b_ɪ_b_ˈɛ_l]\
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A notable German humanist (1472-1518). He was an alumnus of Cracow and Basel Universities, and from 1497 professor of poetry and rhetoric at Tubingen. His fame rests principally on his "Facetiae" (1506), a curious collection of bits of homely and rather coarse-grained humor and anecdote, directed mainly against the clergy; and on his "Triumph of Venus", a keen satire on the depravity of his time.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.