Soncino
Encyclopedia
Places
Italy- Soncino, Lombardy (Insubric: Suncin), a comune of the Province of Cremona
People
- Soncino family (printers)Soncino family (printers)The Soncino family is an Italian Sephardi Jewish family of printers, deriving its name from the town of Soncino in the duchy of Milan. It traces its descent through a Moses of Fürth, who is mentioned in 1455, back to a certain Moses of Speyer, of the middle of the fourteenth century. The first of...
, an Italian family of Jewish printers - Scipione Barbò SoncinoScipione Barbò SoncinoScipione Barbò Soncino, also known as Scipione Barbuo, was a 16th-century Italian jurist and writer, active in Padua. His best known work was a a biography of the Dukes of Milan, Sommario delle vite de' duchi di Milano, which was illustrated with engravings by Girolamo Porro.-References:...
(or Scipione Barbuo), a 16th-century Italian jurist and writer, active in Padua - Luisa, Marchesa Casati Stampa di SoncinoLuisa CasatiLuisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino was an eccentric Italian heiress, muse, and patroness of the arts in early 20th century Europe...
(1881 - 1957), an eccentric Italian heiress, muse, and patroness
Other uses
- Battle of SoncinoBattle of SoncinoThe Battle of Soncino was a battle of the Wars in Lombardy, fought in March 1431. It was fought between the armies of the Republic of Venice, under Count of Carmagnola, and of the Duchy of Milan, under Francesco I Sforza....
, a battle in the Wars in Lombardy fought in 1431 - Soncino Books of the BibleSoncino Books of the BibleThe Soncino Books of the Bible is a set of Hebrew Bible commentaries, covering the whole Tanakh in fourteen volumes, published by the Soncino Press. The first volume to appear was Psalms in 1945, and the last was Chronicles in 1952. The series was edited by Rev. Dr...
, a set of Hebrew Bible commentaries - Soncino PressSoncino PressSoncino Press is a Jewish publishing company based in the United Kingdom that has published a variety of books of Jewish interest, most notably English translations and commentaries to the Talmud and Hebrew Bible...
, an English publisher specialising in Jewish subjects