Paradisical wings

Descriptions of wings (in order of appearance) in "Paradise Lost"

mighty wings
expanded wings
russling wings
indefatigable wings
swift wings
extended wings
lighter wings
spread wings
wearied wings
odoriferous wings
purple wings
gorgeous wings
Starrie wings
brooding wings
painted wings
white wings
Angel wings
breeding wings
black wings

The 26 brightest stars

A list of the common names of the 26 brightest stars. For more details about the stars, see the web page here

Sun
Sirius
Canopus
Rigil Kentaurus
Arcturus
Vega
Capella
Rigel
Procyon
Achernar
Betelgeuse
Hadar
Acrux
Altair
Aldebaran
Antares
Spica
Pollux
Fomalhaut
Becrux
Deneb
Regulus
Adhara
Castor
Gacrux
Shaula

Names of printing towns

A list of the Latin names of printing towns beginning with "B" as found in early printed books (before 1701). From the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue page here

Babenberga: Bamberg
Bacodurum: Passau (Germany)
Barchinona: Barcelona (Spain)
Barcinona, Barcinone: Barcelona (Spain)
Basileae: (Basel)
Bardum Pommeraniae: Barth
Baruthum: Bayreuth (Germany)
Barxinona: Barcelona (Spain)
Basilea: Basel (Switzerland)
Batava: Passau (Germany)
Batavia: Passau (Germany)
Batavinum: Passau (Germany)
Bathavinus: Passau (Germany)
Battavia: Passau (Germany)
Baumbergensis: Bamberg (Germany)
Bazavia: Passau (Germany)
Bazsowensis: Passau (Germany)
Bazzowa: Passau (Germany)
Beaulmont: Beaumont-les-Tours
Bellijocum: Beaujeu
Bellositi Dobunorum: Oxford
Beneharnum: Lescar
Bergomi: Bergamo (Italy)
Berolinum: Berlin (Germany)
Bethania ad Oderam (Elisiorum): Beuthen
Bethunia: Béthune
Bipontum: Zweibrücken
Bisonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bisuntium: Besançon (France)
Biterrae: Béziers
Bicurgicorum metropoli: Erfurt (Germany)
Biturigiae: Bourges (France)
Biturigum: Bourges (France)
Blesae: Blois (France)
Bolonia: Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
Bolsanum: Bozen
Bommelia: Zaltbommel (Netherlands)
Bononia Gessoriacum: Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
Bononiae: Bologna
Bosania: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bosonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bourdeaus: Bordeaux
Bozanum: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bozonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Brageracum: Bergerac
Brecislaburgum: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Brega: Brieg
Brema: Bremen
Breviodurum: Pont-Audemer
Breysach: Neu-Breisach
Brichsen: Brixen
Brinn(i)um: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brinna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Briovera: Saint-Lô
Briva Isarae: Pontoise
Brixia: Brescia (Italy)
Bruenna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brugis Flandorum: Brugge
Bruna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brunna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brunnensis Civitas: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brunntrudum: Pruntrut
Brunonia: Braunschweig
Brunorum: Braunsberg
Brunsberga: Braunsberg
Brunsvicium: Braunschweig
Brunsviga: Braunschweig (Germany)
Bruntraut: Pruntrut
Bruxellae: (Brussel, Bruxelles)
Bruxellis: (Brussel, bruxelles)
Budissina: Bautzen
Burdigala: Bordeaux (France)
Burgus Bressiae: Bourg-en-Bresse (France)
Burgus Sebusianorum: Bourg-en-Bresse (France)
Busonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)