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* DANDIN. 772 DANELAGA. of the Sanskrit novelists whose ^ orks are extant, preceding Subandhu, the autlior of the romance i'dsavadattu, which formed the model for Baua's Kudambarl. Dandin's works have been edited several times: Dam-kumura-carita (Bombay, 1880), and translated into English by Jacob, under the title Hindoo Tales (London, 1873), by Bhattacharyya (Calcutta, 1899 — incomplete), into French by Fauche (Paris, 1862), and into .German by J. J. Meyer (Leipzig, 1902). There is an edition with German translation of the Kavyadurki by Biihtlingk (Leipzig, 1890). DANDIN, daK'daN', Georges. The hero of Woliere's comedy of that name. He is a wealthy bourgeois who marries the daughter of a noble, and is compelled to support his wife's family and to put up with their contemptuous treatment. He expresses his helpless regret for his self-in- fiicted troubles in the much-quoted phrase, "Vous I'avez voulu, Georges Dandin." DANDIN, Perrin. The ridiculous judge in Racine's farce Les Plaideurs. The character is introduced also by La Fontaine in the Fables. DANDOLO, dtin'do-lo. A famous Venetian family, already powerful in the seventh century. The most illustrious of its members was Enrico Dandoi.0, born about 1108. Eminent in learning, eloquence, and knowledge of affairs, he ascended from one step to another until, in 1171, he was sent as ambassador to Constantinople, and, in 1192, was elected Doge. In this latter capacity he extended the bounds of the Republic in Istria and Dalmatia, defeated the Pisans, and took part in the Fourth Crusade (q.v.). By this, 'Venice obtained great possessions in the Ionian • Sea and the Archipelago, several harbors and tracts of land on the Hellespont, in Phrygia, the Morea, and Epir^is, and also, by purchase, the island of Crete. Dandolo had for his special portion one-half of Constantinople. Soon after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire by the Crusaders, Dandolo died (June 4, 1205) in Con- stantinople, and was buried in the Church of Saint Sopliia. His monument was destroyed by the Turks at the taking of Constantinople, in 14.53, — Andrea Dandolo, Doge from 1343 to 1354, was the author of a Latin chronicle recording the history of Venice from the Pontificate of Saint Mark to the year 1339 in ten books. The last seven books are printed in Sluratori, Reriim Italicariim ftcriptores, vol, xii,, (Milan, 1723- 51). DANDOLO, ViNCENZo, Count (1758-1819). An Italian cliemist and agriculturist. He was born in Venice, studied at Padua, and became a chemist in his native city. When Venice came un- der Austrian rule, he went to ililan, where he be- came a member of the Grand Council of the Cis- alpine Republic. He went to Paris in 1799, but soon afterwards returned to the vicinity of Milan and engaged in scientific agriculture. In 1805 Napoleon made him Governor of Dalmatia. where he proved himself an excellent officer. In 1809 he returned to his estate near Varese, where he contributed much to the progress in silk-w^orm culture. He published Fondamenti della fiswo- ehimica, appJitati alia fornia::ione de' corpi e de' fenomeni della natura (6th ed. 1796) ; and II iuon goierno de' bachi da seta (1816). DANDRUFF. See Hair. DANE, Great, or German Boaehound. See Hound. DANE, Nathan (1752-1835). An American legislator and jurist, born in I])swich, Mass. He graduated at Harvard in 1778; studied law in Salem; began to practice in 1782 at Beverly, and was successively a member of the Massacluisetts House of Representatives, the Continental Con- gress, and the Massachusetts Senate. In addi- tion, he held various commissions to codify or revise laws, and was judge of Common Pleas, Wliile in Congress, he was a member of the committee appointed to draw up an ordinance for the government of the Northwest Ter- ritory, and made the original draft of that document, though in a larger sense it seems that Manasseh Cutler (q.v.) probably deserved the credit of authorship. The question of the relative credit due to each man has, however, been much debated. He was a member of the Hartford Convention (q.v.) in 1814. Dane contributed $15,000 toward founding the Har- vard Law School, and the Dane professorshij5 of law was named in his honor. He published A Qeneral Ahridgmeni and Dirjest of American Law (1823-29), and an Appendix (1830). DANEBROG, dan'e-brog. Order of. The second in rank of the Danish Orders, instituted b.y Waldcmar II., in 1219. According to tradi- tion, the Order wa.s founded in honor of the banner of Denmark, which graciously fell from heaven for the inspiration of the army. In 1500 the Order was suppressed, but reinstituted .in 1671, by Christian V. In 1808 Frederick VI. made it an Order of merit for all the Danish people. The Danebrog has four degrees, besides a class composed of those on ^^'ilom the Cross has been bestowed for certain meritorious services, but who are not members strictly of the Order. These are known as 'Danebrogsmtend.' The decoration of the Order consists of a cross of gold paltcc, enameled with white, and bordered with red, or gold. DANEGELD, dan'geld, or DANEGOLD, dan'gold' ( AS. Dene, Danes + (jeld. i/ild. pay- ment, Goth, gild, tax, OHG. gelt, Ger. Geld, 'money). A tax of two shillings upon each hide of land, first levied by the Witan under the Saxon King Ethelred the Unready, in 991. It was probably the first money taxation imposed in England, and was used as tribute money for the Danes. The tax was collected four times within the next twenty years. Edward the Con- fessor abolished the impost, but 'illiani the Conqueror, in 1084, demanded from eacli hide of land, not held by himself in demesne, or by his barons, a sum of six shillings, or three times the old rate. In this manner the hated tax became a permanent source of income. In 119S the rate wa.s fixed at five shillings on a hundred acres of land. Stephen (1135-54) promised to abolish Danegeld, but it was not repealed till Henry II. 's time (1163). The tax, however, was secured in other ways, under the head of aid. DANELAGA, da'ne-lit'ga, or DANELAW, dan'la' AS. Dene, Danes + lagu, Engl. Ian). The name applied to that part of England which by the treaty of Wedmore or Chippenham, in 878, was ceded to the Danes by Al- fred the Great. It included Northumbri;i. East Anglia, Essex, and the northeastern part of Mercia. the boundarv line beini; constituted by