VEGA

vāˈgə, brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Bayer designation Alpha Lyrae; 1992 position R.A. 18h36.7m, Dec. +38°47′. A white main-sequence star of spectral class A0 V, its apparent magnitude is 0.1, making it the fifth brightest star in the sky. Vega is about three times the size of the sun and 50 times as luminous. Its distance from the earth is 26 light-years. Its name is from the Arabic for "falling eagle," referring to the figure that the Arabs associated with the constellation Lyra.

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Pilgrimage to Patronage: Lope de Vega and the Court of Philip III, 1598-1621
Book by Elizabeth R. Wright; Bucknell University Press, 2001
Subjects: Literature And State--Spain--History--17th Century, Politics And Literature--Spain--History--17th Century, Spain--History--Philip Iii, 1598-1621, Vega, Lope De--1562-1635--Criticism And Interpretation, Vega, Lope De--1562-1635--Influence
...Romance a las venturosas bodas . See Vega Carpio, Lope de: Literary works of Romances...chroniclers. See Spain: Chronicles of; Vega Carpio, Lope de: Patronage strategies...5 (54), 160n. 41 (108) (see also Vega Carpio, Lope de: Literary works of...
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The Spanish Stage in the Time of Lope de Vega
Book by Hugo Albert Rennert; Hispanic Society of America, 1909
Subjects: Theater--Spain--History
...expenses. Latest date, Oct., 1643. VEGA BERNARDO DE LA , actor in the company of...and both joined the Cofradia in 1663. VEGA DIEGO DE , actor in the company of Diego...witness to his marriage on March 30, 1608. VEGA DOMINGO DE LA , actor in the company of...
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The Incas: The Royal Commentaries of the Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega, 1539-1616
Book by Maria Jolas; Orion Press, 1961
Subjects: Incas, Peru--History--To 1548
...Tahuantinsuyu, were two great poets, Jorge Manrique and Garcilaso de la Vega, the elected friend of Charles V, and a large number of other...illustrious bloods received his fathers name: Garcilaso de la Vega. He later supplemented it with a single epithet, "El Inca...
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The Literature of Jealousy in the Age of Cervantes
Book by Steven Wagschal; University of Missouri Press, 2006
Subjects: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De--1547-1616--Criticism And Interpretation, Gaongora Y Argote, Luis De--1561-1627--Criticism And Interpretation, Jealousy In Literature, Literature And Society--Spain, Spanish Literature--Classical Period, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Vega, Lope De--1562-1635--Criticism And Interpretation
...Experience and Artistic Expression in Lope de Vega: The Making of La Dorotea. Cambridge...Duquesne Modern Language Dept., 2003. Vega Carpio, Felix Lope de. Adonis y Venus. In Obras de Lope de Vega, vol. 13, ed. Marcelino Men6ndez Pelayo...
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Fuente Ovejuna; the Knight from Olmedo; Punishment without Revenge
Book by Lope de Vega, Gwynne Edwards; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Drama
...SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY General Studies on Lope de Vega Castro, A. and Rennert, H. A., Vida de Lope de Vega 1562-1635 Salamanca, 1969 . McKendrick...Rennert, H. A., The Life of Lope de Vega 1562-1635 Glasgow, 1904 . ---- The Spanish...
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Cervantes Y Lope De Vega: Postrimerias De Un Duelo Literario Y Una Hipotesis
Journal article by Helena Percas De Ponseti; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: Autores espanoles, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, Literatura espanola, Lope de Vega, Felix
Cervantes Y Lope De Vega: Postrimerias De Un Duelo Literario Y...antagonistas, uno de los principales, Lope de Vega, por razon de convicciones literarias y de principios eticos y esteticos. Lope de Vega debio reconocerse en algunos de los comentarios...
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A Hermaphrodite? Lope De Vega and the Controversy of Tragicomedy
Journal article by Sofie Kluge; Comparative Drama, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, Vega, Lope de--Criticism and interpretation, Vega, Lope de--Works
A Hermaphrodite? Lope De Vega and the Controversy of Tragicomedy. by...with the dramatic production of Lope de Vega, whom Cascales probably had in mind when...the numerous clerical attacks on Lope de Vega and his followers. (8) The mingling...
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La VisiÓn Del Indio Americano En Los Comentarios Reales Del Inca Garcilaso De La Vega
Journal article by Francisco J. Cevallos; Symposium, Vol. 39, 1985
Subjects: Vega, Garcilaso De La--1539-1616
...Sobre la vida del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, vease John G. Varner, El Inca: The Life and Times of Garcilaso de la Vega (Austin: University of Texas Press...en los textos del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Madrid: Jose Porrua Turanzas, 1982...
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A Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso De la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century Europe
Journal article by Mary E. Barnard; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: A Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso de la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century Europe (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso De la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century...Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso de la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century...Spain of Juan Boscan and Garcilaso de la Vega, the France of Joachim du Bellay and Pierre...
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Richard Helgerson, A Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso De la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century Europe
Journal article by Andrew M. Beresford; Medium Aevum, Vol. 78, 2009
Subjects: A Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso de la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century Europe (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
Richard Helgerson, A Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso De la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century Europe. by Andrew...Richard Helgerson, A Sonnet from Carthage: Garcilaso de la Vega and the New Poetry of Sixteenth-Century Europe (Philadelphia...
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Rebecca Vega Thurber: the Coral Doctor
Magazine article by Jef Akst; The Scientist, Vol. 23, August 2009
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Coral reefs, Genomics, Herpes viruses, Marine biology
Rebecca Vega Thurber: the Coral Doctor by Jef Akst Its...corals, thats what happened to Rebecca Vega Thurber, theri a marine biology postdoc...of the sea." "It was a huge honor," Vega Thurber says. "The only next biggest step...
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Bedeviled in la Vega
Magazine article by Suzanne Murphy-Larronde; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 60, January 2008
Subjects: Carnivals (Amusements)--History, Carnivals (Amusements)--Social aspects, Carnivals--History, Carnivals--Social aspects, Dominican Republic--Fairs and festivals, Dominican Republic--Social aspects
Bedeviled in la Vega. by Suzanne Murphy-Larronde ILLUSTRATION...consecutive Sunday afternoons each February in La Vega, a mostly quiet fanning community in the...their own pre-Lenten celebrations, La Vega, with a population of about 60,000...
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1000 Words: Sergio Vega Talks about Tropicalounge, 2002-2005
Magazine article by Alexander Alberro; Artforum International, Vol. 45, September 2006
Subjects: Furniture industry--Exhibitions, Furniture--Design and construction, Furniture--Innovations
1000 Words: Sergio Vega Talks about Tropicalounge, 2002-2005. by Alexander Alberro ENTERING...at first seem, although the historical and geopolitical context that Vega addresses differs markedly from these earlier projects. Mobilizing the...
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Seed of a New and Renewed Church: The "Ecclesiastical Insurrection" in Nicaragua
Magazine article by Andrew Reding; Monthly Review, Vol. 39, July 1987
Subjects: Catholic Church in Nicaragua--Political activity, Church and state in Nicaragua--Analysis, Church and state--Analysis, Church and state--Nicaragua, Nicaragua--Political aspects, Obando y Bravo, Miguel Cardinal--Political activity, Religion--Nicaragua, Socialism and religion--Nicaragua, Socialism--Nicaragua, Vega, Pablo Antonio, Bishop--Political activity
...to the residence of Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega in the city of Juigalpa, a regional capital...Rio San Juan. The officers instructed Vega, the 56-year-old vice president of...issued that morning beneath the title "Vega does not deserve to be Nicaraguan, the...
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Royal Commentaries of the Incas: 400th Anniversary
Magazine article; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 62, January 2010
Subjects: Incan culture--History, Incas--History, Royal Commentaries of the Incas (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation, de la Vega, Garcilaso--Criticism and interpretation, de la Vega, Garcilaso--Works
...This work of El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega--called Royal Commentaries of the Incas...conquistador Sebastian Garcilaso de la Vega y Vargas and Inca princess Palla Chimpu...becomes clear that El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega had a very ambitious goal: to establish...
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CD Reviews and Music: Viva Lost Vega; after Taking Time out to Raise Her Daughter Ruby, Suzanne Vega Is Back Touring the Uk
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 2, 2004
Subjects: Vega, Suzanne
CD Reviews and Music: Viva Lost Vega; after Taking Time out to Raise Her Daughter Ruby, Suzanne Vega Is Back Touring the Uk. Byline: GAVIN MARTIN It is nearly 20 years since Suzanne Vega first emerged from the New York folk scene...
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Viva la Vega
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), October 31, 2010
Subjects: Steel industry, Vega, Suzanne
Viva la Vega. SUZANNE VEGA @ St Davids Hall, Cardiff (tomorrow) I DONT want to put you off going to see Suzanne Vega - honestly, I really dont - but I feel I should tell you why she caused...
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Trailblazer; Suzanne Vega Can Still Stir the Heartstrings and the Angst, as Lew Baxter Discovers
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 15, 2007
Subjects: Dylan, Bob, Vega, Suzanne
Trailblazer; Suzanne Vega Can Still Stir the Heartstrings and the...huge influence in her own teens, Suzanne Vega became something of an iconoclast for...wonderful moments," she sighs. SUZANNE VEGA appears at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool...
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I'm Not from the '80S, I'm from Here and Now; MUSIC; Interview Suzanne Vega
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 6, 2010
Subjects: Singers, Vega, Suzanne--Criticism and interpretation
...Here and Now; MUSIC; Interview Suzanne Vega. Byline: Danny McElhinney I heard a father tell his son: "Theres Suzanne Vega, shes from the Eighties!" The New York...kicking in the here and now". Suzanne Vega may have just edged into her sixth decade...
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Vega-4212313
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 12, 2010
Vega-4212313. Sergio Manuel Vega Sergio Manuel Vega passed away April 17, 2010, in Pretoria, South Africa, after a long sickness. He was born Oct. 7, 1940, in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, to the late Maria (Torres) and Ramone Vega Molina...
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encyclopedia articles on: Vega  - 30 results

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Vega, Garcilaso De La
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA called the Inca: see Garcilaso de la Vega . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Vega
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VEGA va g , brightest star in the constellation Lyra ; Bayer designation Alpha Lyrae...apparent magnitude is 0.1, making it the fifth brightest star in the sky. Vega is about three times the size of the sun and 50 times as luminous. Its distance...
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Vega Carpio, Lope De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VEGA CARPIO, LOPE DE see Lope de Vega Carpio . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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La Vega
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LA VEGA la va ga, city (1993 pop. 73,387), central Dominican Republic, on the Camu River. La Vega is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region. A religious sanctuary erected on the site of an important battle in...
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Garcilaso De La Vega , Peruvian Historian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GARCILASO DE LA VEGA , Peruvian historian garsela so da la va ga, 1539 1616, Peruvian historian; son of the Spanish conquistador Sebastian Garcilaso de la Vega and an Incan princess and therefore called the Inca. He grew up in Peru...
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