Cotta (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Cotta is the name of a well-known publishing house of 19th century Germany, primarily developed by businessperson Johann Friedrich Cotta
(1764-1832).
Cotta is a surname
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In clothing
, cotta is also:
Johann Friedrich Cotta
Johann Friedrich, Freiherr Cotta von Cottendorf was a German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician.- Ancestors :Cotta is the name of a family of German publishers, intimately...
(1764-1832).
Cotta is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Aurelia CottaAurelia CottaAurelia Cotta or Aurelia was the mother of Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar .-Family:...
(120-54 BC) was the mother of Julius Caesar. - Bernhard von CottaBernhard von CottaCarl Bernhard von Cotta, known as Bernhard von Cotta , was a German geologist.He was born in a forester's lodge at Kleine Zillbach, Meiningen, near Eisenach, the son of Heinrich von Cotta, founder of the Tharandt Forestry Academy near Dresden...
(1808-1879) was a German geologist. - Gaius Aurelius CottaGaius Aurelius CottaGaius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman statesman and orator; not to be confused with Gaius Aurelius L.f. Cotta who was Consul in 252 with Publius Servilius Q.f. Geminus....
(ca. 124-73 BC) was an ancient Roman statesman and orator. - Johann Friedrich CottaJohann Friedrich CottaJohann Friedrich, Freiherr Cotta von Cottendorf was a German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician.- Ancestors :Cotta is the name of a family of German publishers, intimately...
(mentioned above) was a German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician. - Heinrich CottaHeinrich CottaJohann Heinrich Cotta was a German silviculturist who was a native of Kleine Zillbach, near Wasungen, Thuringia. He was the father of geologist Bernhard von Cotta ....
(1763-1844) was a German silviculturist. - John CottaJohn CottaJohn Cotta was a physician in England and author of books and other texts on medicine and witchcraft.He wrote considerably about quack doctors, and exposed several in his book Ignorant Practisers of Physicke but still clearly believed in evil spirits, sorcerers and magic...
(1575-1650) was an English physician. - Lucius Aurelius CottaLucius Aurelius CottaLucius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman politician from an old noble family who held the offices of praetor , consul and censor . Both his father and grandfather of the same name had been consuls, and his two brothers, Gaius Aurelius Cotta and Marcus Aurelius Cotta, preceded him as consul in 75 and 74...
(active 70 BC) was an ancient Roman senator. - Lucius Aurunculeius CottaLucius Aurunculeius CottaLucius Aurunculeius Cotta – officer in the Gallic army of Gaius Julius Caesar. The little we know of Cotta is found in Book V of Caesar's De Bello Gallico...
(d. 54 BC) was an officer in the Gallic army of Julius Caesar.
In clothing
Clothing
Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...
, cotta is also:
- A Medieval Latin and Italian term for surpliceSurpliceA surplice is a liturgical vestment of the Western Christian Church...
, an ecclesiastical garment. - A lightweight underdress in Italian 15th century fashion1400-1500 in fashionFashion in 15th century Europe was characterized by a series of extremes and extravagances, from the voluminous gowns called houppelandes with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing doublets and hose of Renaissance Italy...