Novara, Pietro da. "There are some pictures at Domodossola," says Lanzi, " that make us acquainted with an able artist of Nova. They are preserved in Castello Sylva, and in other places, and have the fol- lowing inscription, ' Ego Petrus Jiiius Petri Pictoris de Noraria hoc ojms pinxi, 1370.' " Doubtless he is the same as Pietro de Nova (q. v.).
Novarini, Luigi, an Italian theologian of note, was born at Verona in 1.594. He received at baptism the name of Girolamo, which he changed to that of Lvigi when he took, in 1012, the garb of the Theatins. After having studied theology and entered the priest- hood at Venice, be returned to his native city, where he occupied different positions in his order. He died at Verona in 1050. Of his value as a writer, Niceron says: "His natural vivacity would not allow him to polish his productions; he placed indiscriminately upon paper all that he found in his collections upon the sub-
ject of which he was treating, whether good or bad; the desire of using all he had gathered often caused hiin to make digressions, which only served to swell his books. He also thought more of making large and numerous works than of composing good ones." Most noteworthy of his works are, Electa sacra (Venice, Lyons, and Verona, 1027-1045, 5 vols, fob); vol. ii, , which, in a diffuse and mystical style, contains a eulo- gy of the Virgin, has had three editions : — Risus sar- donicus, hoc est deflecta miindi latitia (Verona, 1030, 12mo) : — Schediusmuta sacro -prnfana (Lyons, 1035, fob): — A dagia ex SS. Patrum ecclesiasticorumque scrip- torum monumentis ptrompta (ibid. 1037, 2 vols, ful.) : — Mattaus, Marcus, Lucas, et Joannes expensi i\h'u\. 1642- 1043, 3 vols, fol.) ; a series of moral commentaries upon the evangelists and the Acts of the Apostles : — Paulus expensus (Verona, 1044, fol.) : — Omnium scientiarum ani- ma, hoc est axiomaia phi/sio-theologica (Lyons, 1044, 3 vols, fob): — Moses expensus (Verona, 1046-1648, 2 vols, fol.) : — Encyclopadia epistolaris (V^enice, 1645, fol.) : — Admiranda orhis Christiani (ibid. 1080, 2 vols, fob); this compilation, in which are found many fabulous things, has been edited by the care of .J. B. Bagatta, a Theatin monk. See Silos, Hist. Clericorum Regul. pt. iii ; Niceron, Memoires, vol. xl, s. v. ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog, Generale, xxxviii, 330; Hooker, Eccles. Biog. vii, 432.
Nova Scotia, a province of the Dominion of Can- ada, situated between lat. 43° 26' and 47° 5' N., and long. 59° 40' and 00° 25' W. It consists of the penin- sula of Nova Scotia and the island of Cape Breton, sepa- rated from it by the Strait of Canso, one mile wide. The peninsula, inclusive of the adjoining islets, is situated between lat. 43° 20' and 40° N., and long. 61° and 60° 25' W, It is bounded on the north bj' Northumber- land Strait, separating it from Prince Edward Island, and by the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the north-east by the Strait of Canso, on the south-east and south-west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the north-west by the Bay of Fundy and New Brunswick, with which it is con- nected by an isthmus 14 miles wide, separating North- umberland Strait from the Bay of Fundy. It is 260 miles long from north-east to south-west, and 65 miles in average breadth. Its area, according to the Cana- dian census of 1871, is 16.950 square miles, and that of Cape Breton is 4775 square miles; of the entire prov- ince 21,731 square miles. The capital, commercial metropolis, and largest city is Halifax, with 29,582 in- habitants in 1871. The population of the province in 1784 was about 20,000. According to subsequent cen- suses, it has been as follows : 1800, 07,515 ; 1817. 91.913 ; 1827,142,578; 1838,208,237; 1851,270,117; 1801,330,- 857; 1871, 387,800, of whom 75,483 resided on Cape Breton. Of the total population in 1871, 351,300 were born in the province, 3413 in New Brunswick, 3210 in Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, 577 in other parts of British America, 2239 in the United States, and 25,882 in the British Isles, of whom 14,310 were natives of Scotland, 7558 of Ireland, and 4008 of Eng- land and Wales; 130,741 were of Scotch, 113,520 of English, 62.851 of Irish, 32,833 of French, 31,942 of German, 6212 of African, 2868 of Dutch, 1775 of Swiss, and 1112 of Welsh origin, and 1600 were Indians (Mic- macs and Malicetcs). The entire province has a coast- line, not counting indentations of land, of 1170 miles. The shores of the peninsula are indented with a great number of excellent bays and harbors, and between Halifax and the Strait of Canso alone there are twenty- six commodious havens, twelve of which will accom- modate ships of the line. Stretching along the At- lantic sea-board, and extending inland from it for about twenty miles, is a range of highlands, and about GO miles from the Atlantic coast are the Cobiquid 3Ioun- tains, 1100 feet in height, which traverse the peninsula from the Bay of FuikIv to the Strait of Canso. The soil in the valleys is rich and fertile, producing all the fruits of temperate climates ; and, especially in the north, the uplands are also fertile. The climate is remarkably
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