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BALDASSARE ESTENSE
BALDASSARE ESTENSE (Ital.). Painter and Medallist of Ferrara, born at Reggio, about 1443. In 1468, he was serving the Duke of Milan, but from 1469 he appears to have been working for the Duke of Ferrara until 1476, when he went to Reggio, where he still was in 1493. In 1497, he had gone back to Ferrara, and a document quoted by Campori proves that he was still living in 1504, soon after .which he must have died. He m...

BALDENBACH, PETER
BALDENBACH, PETER (Austr.). Born at Linz on the Rhine, 17. September 1762; died, 31. January 1802. He took to medalengraving from natural inclination. His principal works refer to the victories of the Austrian army under the leadership of the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, the victories of the Russo-Austrian troops in Italy, the Archduke Charles, and numerous other events and personalities. He went to Vienna in 1784 as appre...

BALDUINUS, PAGANUS
BALDUINUS, PAGANUS (Ital.). Moneyer, born at Messina, employed by the Emperor Frederick II. (1184-1250), and known for having introduced on his coins the antique style of art and execution. His Augustaks, the finest coins of mediaeval times, are imitations of the Roman coins, and bear on one side the Emperor's bust with the legend AVG. IMP. ROM., and on the other the spread-eagle accompanied by the inscription FRIDER...

BALDWIN
BALDWIN (Brit.). Abbot of St. Edmundsbury (1065-1097) was granted a mint in conjunction with the abbey by Edward the Confessor. The document reads as follows : " Edward King gret Aylmer Bisscop, and Girth Erl, and Toly and all mine Theynes on Estangle frendlike. And Ic kithe ihu that Ic habbe unnen Baldewine Abbot one munetere with innen Seynt Edmunds Biri, also frelike on alle thing to habben, also me mine on hande ...