Jacobus de Voragine (8360 bytes)
1: ...p]] of [[Genoa]]. He was the author of the ''[[Golden Legend]]'', one of the most popular religious wo...
5: ...d been master of the order from [[1285]], and was deprived of his office by a [[papal bull]] dated [[A...
7: ...nuae'' ("for the honor of the commune of Genoa"), determined to carry out this consecration on the Sun...
13: ...hile he was in his order, and after he had been made archbishop, he wrote many works. For he compiled ...
15: ...; and a treatise called ''Marialis, qui totus est de B. Maria compositus,'' consisting of about 160 di...

Jacobus Sinapius (390 bytes)
1: '''Jakub Horcicky of Tepenec''', in [[Latin]] '''Jacobus Sinapius''' (1575--1622), was a [[Bohemia|Bohemia...

Jacobus Arminius (3343 bytes)
1: ...603) professor in theology at de University of Leiden. He wrotes many books about theological problems...
4: ...ogy of [[John Calvin]]. Arminius began studying under [[Theodore Beza]] at Geneva in [[1582]]. He was ...
7: ...ter his death the [[Synod of Dort]](1618-1619) condemned the theology of Arminius and the Arminians in...
10: ...disp.php3?authorID=schaff&bookID=encyc01&page=296 Jacobus Arminius] - from ''The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclop...
15: [[de:Jacobus Arminius]]

Jacobus Kapteyn (3720 bytes)
1: ...e [[Milky Way]] and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation.
3: ...[[thesis]], he worked for three years at the [[Leiden Observatory]], before becoming the first [[Profe...
5: ...erung]]'', a catalog listing positions and magnitudes for 454,875 [[stars]] on the [[Southern Hemisphe...
7: ...r known. Today it is in second place, having been dethroned by [[Barnard's Star]].
11: ...ealized that Kapteyn's data had been the first evidence of the rotation of our Galaxy,

Jacobus Houbraken (1143 bytes)
1: '''Jacobus Houbraken''' ([[December 25]], [[1698]] - [[November 14]], [[1780]])...
3: ...onas Suyderhoef,|Suyderhoef]], [[Gerard Edelinck|Edelinck]] and the [[John Visscher|Visschers]].
5: ... are scenes from the comedy of "De Ontdekte Schijndeugd", executed in his eightieth year, after Cornel...
7: ...Arnhem, 1875), where 120 engraved works are fully described.
11: [[Category:1698 births|Houbraken, Jacobus]]

Jacobus Gallus (2126 bytes)
1: '''Jacobus Gallus Carniolus''' ('''Jacob Handl''') ([[1550]]...
5: ...[Septuagesima]]. This motet for 8 voices shows evidence of influence by the [[Venetian polychoral styl...
7: ...ritur justus'' later used by [[George Frideric Handel]] in his funeral anthem ''The Ways of Zion Do Mo...
10: [[Category:1550 births|Gallus, Jacobus]]
11: [[Category:1591 deaths|Gallus, Jacobus]]

Jacobus, Pennsylvania (2595 bytes)
1: '''Jacobus''' is a borough located in [[York County, Pennsyl...
4: Jacobus is located at 39°52'57" North, 76°42'43" West (39.882516, -76.712068){{GR|1}}.
8: == Demographics ==
9: ...00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.00% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]]...
11: ... someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the ave...

Jacobus Balduinus (757 bytes)
1: ...y of Bologna]] caused Balduinus to be elected [[podestà]] of the city of [[Genoa]], where he was entru...
4: [[Category:1225 deaths|Balduinus, Jacobus]]

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (601 bytes)
1: '''Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet''' ([[1873]] [[1960]]) was the [[Governor-Gen...
3: <table width = 75% border = 2 align="center"><tr><td width = 35% align="ce...
4: Preceded by:<br>'''[[Patrick Duncan|Sir Patrick Duncan]]'...
7: Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Gideon Brand van Zyl]]'''</td></tr></table>
11: ...overnors-General of South Africa|de Wet, Nicolaas Jacobus]]

Jacobus Johannes Fouché (501 bytes)
1: '''Jacobus Johannes Fouché''' was [[State President of South Africa]] from [[1968]] to [[1975]].
3: <table width = 75% border = 2 align="center"><tr><td width = 35% align="ce...
4: Preceded by:<br>'''[[Jozua François Naudé]]'''</td>
5: ...td width = 30% align="center">'''3rd [[State President of South Africa]]'''</td>
7: Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs]]'''</td></tr></table>

Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (228 bytes)
1: ...erved as the acting [[president of Transvaal|president]] of [[Transvaal]] between [[1871]] and [[1872]...

Jacobus Johannes Venter (390 bytes)
1: ...ate]] in [[1855]]. He served as the acting [[president of the Orange Free State]] between [[1863]] and...
5: [[Category:1814 births|Venter, Jacobus Johannes]]
6: [[Category:1889 deaths|Venter, Jacobus Johannes]]

Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (5558 bytes)
1: ...South African masters. His distinctive style is widely recognized and he was one of the first South Af...
3: ...d order in nature. This resulted in formalized, ordered and often-monumental view of the South African...
5: ...career at the ''Staatsmodelschool'' (literally “model state school”) there, where he took his first ar...
7: ...hile there he studied at the [[Rotterdamse Kunsakademie]]. During this time, he also came into contact...
9: ...generally well received, was with van Wouw and Naude in [[1902]].

Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (483 bytes)
1: The '''Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope''' or '''JKT''' was a 1[[metre|...
3: Now superseded by more recent and larger telescopes it was take...
5: It is named for the Dutch astronomer [[Jacobus Kapteyn]].
8: [http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/telescopes/jkt/index.html JKT Homepage]

Gerrit Jacobus Rudolph (325 bytes)
1: '''Gerrit Jacobus Rudolph''' ([[1797]] - [[1851]]) was a [[South Af...
5: [[Category:1797 births|Rudolph, Gerrit Jacobus]]
6: [[Category:1851 deaths|Rudolph, Gerrit Jacobus]]

Johannes Jacobus Poortman (3223 bytes)
1: ...Heymans]]. In [[1919]] he received his [[Master's degree|Master of Arts]]; many years later he would a...
3: ...cessively occupied by Prof. Dubbink,Prof. van Vledder and Prof. Gerding.
5: ...ch can be consulted on line at the site of the Leiden University.
7: ...isch pluralisme'' of the plurality of matter, a model of the universe in which science and metaphysics...
16: ... and [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] belief that man was made of [[matter]], [[soul]] and [[spirit]], where the...

Petrus Jacobus Joubert (4170 bytes)
1: ...age:Petrus Jacobus Joubert.jpg|thumb|200px|Petrus Jacobus Joubert]]
2: ...l of the republic, while in 1875 he acted as president during the absence of [[T. F. Burgers]] in Euro...
4: ...test Joubert acquiesced in Krugers continued presidency.
6: ...oria from peritonitis. Sir George White, the defender of Ladysmith, summed up Jouberts character when ...
10: [[Category:1834 births|Joubert, Petrus Jacobus]]

Jacobus van Meteren (2884 bytes)
1: Sir '''Jacobus van Meteren''' was a/the? financier and publisher...
3: There has been some debate over these facts, which the following quote f...
5: ...f Emanuel van Meteren, appended to the latter's Nederlandische Historic (16,4), that Jacob van Meteren...
7: "In 1884 further evidence was adduced by W. J. C. Moens, who reprinted a...
9: ...el van Meteren being born in 1535 could only have derived his knowledge from hearsay, is inclined to t...

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (2789 bytes)
2: '''Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff''' ([[August 30]], [[1852]] ...
4: ...nical Institute]], then at the [[University of Leiden]], then to [[Bonn]], [[Germany]] (where he studi...
6: ...LeBel]], who independently came up with the same idea.
8: ... mathematical laws that closely resemble the laws describing the behavior of [[gas]]es.
12: [[Category:1852 births|Hoff, Jacobus Henricus van 't]]

Saint George and the Dragon (2704 bytes)
3: ... A translation of the original text of Jacobus de Voragine is linked below.
7: ...er was sent out to the lake, ''decked out as a bride'', to be fed to the dragon.
9: ...n, the sign of the Cross itself was sufficient to defeat the dragon.)
16: ...ebs/HISTORY/6A.htm Medieval Sourcebook:] The ''Golden legend'': St George (English translation)
17: ...Y/6dragon.htm "St George and the Dragon: the ''Golden Legend''"]: analysis and commentary

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