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AZZ Ugo were placed under the ban of the empire, stripped of their estates, and thrown into prison. They contrived, however, to escape, and to recover possession of their property.  AZZO II., Marquis of Este, son of the above, died in 1097. He was appointed lieutenant of the emperor, Henry II., and in that capacity, presided over two assemblies at Milan. He increased his influence, and extended his dominions, by forming alliances with some of the most powerful houses of France and Italy. He afterwards treacherously usurped possession of the province of Maine, which he had been solicited to defend.  AZZOGUIDI,, head of the party that expelled the papal troops from Bologna, 20th March, 1376, and thus secured the independence of the city.  AZZOGUIDI,, an Italian antiquary, born at Bologna in 1651; died 18th April, 1728. He published a curious work, in which he attempts to prove that Bologna is seven centuries older than Rome. He is also the author of "Chronologica et apologetica dissertatio super quæstiones in sacræ Genesis historiam excitatis."  AZZOGUIDI,, an Italian physician, born at Bologna in 1740; died in 1814. He was appointed professor in the university of his native city. The following are among his published works—"Observationes ad uteri Constructionem Pertinentes;" "Opuscula Anatomica Selectiora," Leyde, 1788; "Institutiones medicæ in usum Auditorum Suorum," 2 vols. 8vo; "Lettere sopra i mali effetti dell' Inoculazione," in 12mo; "Compendio di Fisiologia et di Anatomia Comparata," in 4to.—G. M.  AZZOLINI,, surnamed the Young, an Italian cardinal, born at Fenno, in the papal states, in 1623; died at Rome in 1689. He wrote a volume of political aphorisms, which was translated into Latin by Henning.  AZZOLINI,, an Italian poet, and a native of Fermo, died in 1632. He entered into orders, and became successively secretary to Pope Urban VIII., and bishop of Nami. His works, since published, are—"Stanze nelle Nozze di Taddeo Barberini et di Anna Colonna;" and "Satira contra la lussuria dans Scelta di Poesie Italianne."  AZZOLINO or MAZZOLINI,, a very talented Neapolitan painter and modeller in wax, who settled in Genoa in 1510, or, as Orlandi thinks, on plausible grounds, 1610. The "Annunciation," by this artist, in the church of the Monache Turchine, and his "Martyrdom of St. Appollonia," in San Giuseppe, are pronounced by the art-historians to be very fine pictures. Lanzi says he formed heads in wax "with an absolute expression of life."—A. M. <section end="340H" /> <section begin="340I" />AZZONI-AVOGARI,, an Italian archeologist, born at Treviso in 1719; died in 1790. Among the works of Azzoni are the following—"Memorie del beato Enrico, morte in Trivigi l'anno 1315;" "Corredate di Documenti; con una Dissertazione sopra san Liberale e sopra gli altri santi d' quali riposano i sacri corpi nella Chiesa della già detta citta;" and "Considerazioni sopra le prime notizie di Trivigi contenuti negli scrittori e ne' marmi antichi, opera postuma." <section end="340I" /> <section begin="340J" />AZZUBEYDI,, an Arabian grammarian and lexicographer, born at Seville in Spain; died in 989. Among his works still extant, are "An Arabic Dictionary;" "Biography of Spanish Mussulmans, distinguished by their skill in grammar and rhetoric;" a work on the "Syntax of the Arabian Tongue;" and a collection of poems. <section end="340J" /> <section begin="340Knop" />AZZYZ BILLAH,, a caliph, born at Madieh. 955; died in 996. Many of the public edifices, and mosques at Cairo were erected by his orders. <section end="340Knop" />