Tintern Abbey
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Tintern Abbey. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a famous abbey in Monmouthshire, England, on the right bank of the Wye river; 5 miles to the N. of Chepstow; was founded for Cistercian monks in 1131 by Walter, second son of Richard Fitz-Gilbert de Clare. Rebuilt by Roger de Bigod (1269-1288), it is an excellent example of the Transition style from Early English to Decorated, the most striking features of its cruciform church (228 by 150 feet) being the central belfry arches, and four great windows with their lace-like tracery. The dismantling of the abbey followed close on the dissolution (1337), when the ruins were granted to the ancestor of the Dukes of Beaufort. TINTORETTO II., a Venetian painter; real name JACOPO ROBUSTI; received his well-known surname from the fact of his father being a dyer (Tintore); born in Venice in 1512. He studied for a few days under Titian, but soon deserted the studio of the master for some unknown reason, and subsequently devoted student of antique became a sculpture, of anatomy, and of the works of Michael Angelo. On the walls of his studio he inscribed the ambitious motto, "Il disegno di Michelangelo ed il colori di Tiziano," and such was the ardor and rapidity of his labor, reflected in the intensity of his style, that he acquired the nickname of Il Furioso. It was admitted by Sebastian del Piombo that Tintoretto could paint as much in two days as he could in as many years. The palaces and churches of Venice were rapidly adorned by him with vivid representations of his torical, mythological, and scriptural subjects, but only a few of his frescoes survive. The onl only works said to bear his name are: "The Crucifixion," in the Scuola di San Rocco (engraved by Agostino Caracci), the "Miracle of the Slave" in the Academy, and the "Marriage of Cana" in the Church of Santa Maria della Salute. His largest work, "Paradise," on the ceiling of the library in the Doges' palace, is 84½ feet by 34, and contains upward of 100 figures. Other famous works are "Belshazzar's Feast," the "Tiburtine Sibyl," "Last Supper," "Worship of the Golden Calf," "Last Judgment," and "Slaughter of the Innocents." About a third of his works are symbolical, and he frequently makes ingenious use of the winged lion of St. Mark. He certainly belongs to the greatest class of painters. painters. Daring and passionate in imagination, Tintoretto sought to vary by dramatic movement the romantic motives of the Venetian school, and brought to perfection the poetry of chiaroscuro with something of Angelo's sublimity. Tintoretto died in Venice, May 31, 1594. His favorite daughter, MARIETTA, who was an excellent portrait painter, died in 1590, but his son, DOMENICO, also a painter, lived till 1637.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a ruined abbey situated on the banks of the Wye in Monmouthshire, England, about seventeen miles northwest of Bristol. It was built for the Cistercian monks in the thirteenth century. The vaulted roof and the tower have fallen, but the walls remain. The arches, windows, and doorways are considered fine specimens of architecture. The ruin is one of the most picturesque in Europe. "Tintern Abbey," says Chambers, "owes not a little of its celebrity to Wordsworth's poem, entitled Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye, though in reality the poem has nothing whatever to do with the Abbey, which is not once mentioned or alluded to in it."