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allegorical – expressing ideas with the help of symbolic fig-ures; in a story, picture etc. ideas are symbolized by persons who are characters in it.

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mania – a case of violent madness or enthusiasm

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love-locks – in the 18th–19th centuries, a way of arranging woman’s hair

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Henry the Eighth (1491–1547) – King of England (1509–1547) of the Reformation period; one of his six wives, Anne Boleyn, was the mother of Elizabeth I.

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Pope Alexander the Sixth (1431–1503) – a representative of the Spanish branch of the Borgia family; he is known in the history of Church for his corruption, ambitions and immoral-ity.

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Napoleon (1769–1821) – Napoleon I, emperor of France (1804–1815); an Italian by origin, born in Corsica, he became one the greatest figures in Western history.

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pagoda – a religious building (usually with several stories) in Buddhism and Hinduism; Hinduism is one of the world’s major religions, a combination of traditional beliefs and philosophy of the peoples of India, first mentioned in the 2nd millennium BC

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dog-cart – a high two-wheeled cart pulled by one horse

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Nankeen – cotton cloth made of natural yellow cotton

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morocco slippers – slippers of oriental design made of fine leather or fabric

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Figaro – the main character of the famous opera ‘The Barber of Seville’ by Gioachino Rossini

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St. Cecilia – a Roman martyr of the early church (3rd cen-tury); she is considered a patroness of music

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bailiff – a landowner’s manager

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the Dead Sea – a salt lake in Israel and Jordan; it is the low-est water basin of the Earth

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English spleen – a state when a person’s spirit is low and subdued

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epigram – a clever, witty and expressive saying

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Coroners – a coroner is an official who investigates the cause of death if the circumstances of it seem unnatural

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bon-bon – a kind of sweet

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John Buhl – a typical Englishman; the English

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Chatterton – Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770), a British ro-mantic poet of the 18th century

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Sheridan – Richard Sheridan (1751–1816), a famous English playwright of Irish origin, the author of ‘The School for Scan-dal’ (1771)

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Cecilia Metella – a daughter of a Roman consul; her tomb, a circular mausoleum on a square base, constructed at the times of Emperor Augustus, is a place of interest in Rome nowa-days

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fly – a one-horse carriage (long out of use)

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odds and ends – small articles of various sorts, usually not valuable

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Judas – Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 Apostles of the 1st cen-tury, the Apostles’ treasurer; little is said about him in the Gospels; he is known as a man who betrayed Jesus

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ante-room – a waiting-room

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Oratorios – an oratorio is a musical composition for voice and orchestra, usually with a religious subject

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Rossini – Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868), a famous Ital-ian composer, the author of comic and historic operas; his most famous opera, ‘The Barber of Seville’, was written in 1816

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Moses in Egypt – a historic opera by Gioachino Rossini

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recitativo – in opera, a style of music between singing and talking