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 LORENZ LORI 641 require too much, space to describe. Histo- ries of the doctrine of the Lord's supper in the Christian church have been written by Schulz (rationalistic), Die Christliche Lehre vom Abendmahle (2d ed., Leipsic, 1831); Ebrard (evangelical), Das Dogma t>om heili- gen Abendmahle und seine GeschicJite (2 vols., Frankfort, 1845-'6) ; Kahnis (High Lutheran), Die Lehre vom Abendmahl (Leipsic, 1851); Riickert (rationalistic), Das Abendmahl, sein Wesen und seine Geschichte in der alien KircJie (2 vols., 1856); Wilberforce, "Doctrine of the Eucharist " (London, 1853) ; J. Taylor, " True Doctrine of the Eucharist " (1856) ; and E. B. Pusey, "Real Presence" (1853-7). An ac- count of the mode of its celebration by the various denominations is given by Scheibel, KuTze Nachricht von der Feier des Jieiligen Abendmahls ~bei den verschiedenen Eeligions- parteien (Breslau, 1824). LORENZ, Ottokar, a German historian, born in Iglau, Moravia, in 1832. He graduated at Vienna, and in 1860 became extraordinary, and in 1866 ordinary professor of history at the university. He was also employed in the secret archives of the court and state, but lost this post in 1865 on account of his publications against the Schmerling administration. His principal works are: Deutsche Geschichte im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert (2 vols., Vienna, 1863- '7) ; Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert, and Papstwahl und Kaiser- thum (1874). With "W. Scherer he published Geschichte des Elsass von den dltesten Zeiten l)is auf die Gegenwart (Berlin, 1871.) LORENZO DE> MEDICI. See MEDICI. LORETO, or Loretto, a town of Italy, in the province of Macerata, 3 m. from the Adriatic and 12 m. S. of Ancona; pop. about 10,000. It is chiefly celebrated as the site of the Casa Santa, or holy house, in which, according to local tradition, the Virgin Mary was born, the annunciation and incarnation took place, and the holy family resided on their return from Egypt. The legend is that the house was transported by angels in 1291 from Nazareth to Tersate on the E. coast of the Adriatic, and thence in 1294 to the coast of Italy near Recanati. Eight months afterward it was again removed to the lands of a lady named Lauretta, from whom the town, built on the site for the accommodation of pilgrims, takes its name. Another legend says that the holy house was placed in a grove of laurels, whence the name Loreto. The Casa Santa is a rudely built brick house, 13 ft. high, 27 ft. long, and 12 ft. wide, with one door and one window. In a niche over the fireplace is an ancient image of the Virgin, said to have been made of the cedar of Lebanon, and attributed to St. Luke. It was taken away by the French, Feb. 10, 1797, carried to Paris, restored by Napoleon to Pius VII., and by him enriched with precious stones and returned to Loreto, Dec. 9, 1802. The relics, treasures, and offer- ings of different pilgrims are numerous and valuable. The house is enclosed in a marble casing designed by Bramante, and covered with exquisite sculptures in relief. This shrine is in the church called Chiesa della Santa Casa, built by Sixtus V., and entered by three su- perb bronze doors, with bass-reliefs represent- ing Scriptural scenes. The bell tower is of great height, and the bell weighs 22,000 Ibs. Other objects of attraction are a bronze statue of the Virgin and child, by Girolamo Lombardo, over the main entrance, and the font in bronze ornamented with bass-reliefs. The chapels are profusely decorated with carvings, mosaics, arabesques, and frescoes. On one side of the church is a convent of the Jesuits, and on the other side the Palazzo Apostolico, the residence of the bishop and of the governor while the province formed a part of the Papal States. It contains many fine paintings, among which are some by Titian, Guercino, Annibale Car- racci, and Correggio. The town, which stands on a hill, and consists mainly of a single street, was strongly fortified in 1586 by Sixtus V. as a protection against pirates. LORI, a quadrumanous animal of the lemur family, and genus stenops (Illiger). The teeth are : incisors |-, canines ~, molars -fif ; the ears are short and rounded ; the eyes large and near together ; the fore finger no longer than the thumb ; the tail very short or absent. They form the family nycticebidce of some authors. They are nocturnal in their habits, and so slow in their movements that they are often called slow lemurs; they live on trees, eating fruit and insects, and sometimes small birds which they surprise at night. The aposo (S. potto, 111.) is of a reddish color, and inhabits the Gold coast of Guinea; the spinous processes of the last five cervical and first two dorsal vertebrae, according to Van der Hoeven, pierce the hairy Lori (Stenops tardigradus). a. Skull, b. Hind foot. integument, and have only a weak horny cover- ing. The slow lori (S. tardigradus, auct.) is of a yellowish gray color, with a dark dorsal band, and a narrow whitish stripe between the eyes ; it is as slow as the sloth ; it inhabits Bengal, Siam, Borneo, and Sumatra. (See LEMUR.)