RHODES
RIB
turned to Macao and remained ten years, teaching and travelling through the province of Canton. He still desired to return to Cochin-China, and was again met by persecution — this time barely escaping with his life, b,eing sentenced to perpetual banishment (1G46). On his way to Europe he was imprisoned at Java, which changed his plan of travel. He embarked for Macas- sar, visited Bantam and Savata, and in lti48 travelled through the whole kingdom of Persia as well as Armenia, and finally left Smyrna for Genoa. The three years following he spent quietly at Rome, but his passion for travel caused him to start on a second expedition to Persia at the head of a new missionary enterprise. He died in that countrv Nov. 5, 16G0. Khodes's writings are chiefly narratives of travel, and are generally cor- rect. We may mention, Rehtzione di f'elici Successi della Santa Fide nel Regno di Tunckino (Rome, 1650): — Dic- tionarium Annamiticum, Lusitanuni, et Lafinum (ibid. 1(551) : — Sommuire des divers Voyages et Missions Apos- toliques du P. A. de Rhodes, etc. (Paris, lGo3). See Sotovel, Bihl. Script. Soc. Jesu. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Rhodes, Georges de, brother of Alexandre, was born at Avignon in 1597. He embraced the rule of St. Ignatius at Lyons in 1G13, taught rhetoric in the Col- lege of Notre Dame in that cit}', and was its director for twenty-seven years. He died May 17, 1G61. Of his writings we have, Dispntutiones Theologice Scholasticfe (Lyons, 1G61, 1671, 1676): — Pftilosophia. Periputetica (ibid. 1671). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Rhod'ocus ('Po^oKOc), a Jew who betrayed the plans of his countrymen to Antiochus Eupator. His treason was discovered, and he was placed in confine- ment (2 Mace, xiii, 21).
Rhodon. See Rose.
Rho'dus (1 Mace, xv, 23). See Rhodes.
RhcetUS, in Greek mythology, (1) was king of the IVEarrubians, a son of Phorcys, and father to Anehemo- lus, of whom Virgil says that he defiled the bed of his stepmother Casperia. (2) Acentaur present at the wed- ding of Pirithous, who was wounded by Dryas, and fled. (3) A giant who was killed by Bacchus.
Rhopalus, in Greek mythology, was one of the numerous sons of Hercules. His son was named Pha>s- tus, and built a city in Crete, to which he gave his own name.
Rhythia, in Greek mythology, was a nymph be- loved of A|iollo, by whom she became the mother of the Corybantes. An ancient town on the north-east coast of Crete derives from her its name — Rhytion.
Riario, Raphael Galeotto, an Italian prelate, better known as cardinal Riario, was born at Savona, May 3, 1451. He was in great favor with Sixtus IV, who raised him to the rank of cardinal in 1477, and after- wards conferred upon him several bishoprics and arch- bishoprics, together with the abbeys of Monte-Casino and Cava. During the fetes which celebrated his ele- vation to the cardinalate, Lorenzo de" IMedici and his son were assassinated. The new cardinal did not escape the wrath of the Florentines, though he knew nothing of the plot, and was obliged to take refuge near the altar at which he was officiating. Under Alexander VI he took refuge in France, in his see of Treguier, but returned to Italy on the election of Pius III. He afterwards en- tered into a conspiracy with cardinal Petrucci against Leo X, who generously pardoned his offence. It is said that cardinal Riario was the first to introduce theatrical representations in Rome. He died July 7, 1521. See Annul. Eccl. 1472-84; Panvinio, Vita di Sisto IV; Infessura, Diai'io Rom. ; Ammanati, Epistola 548 ad Fr. Gonzagam, p. 821. — Hoefer, A\mi\ Biog. Genercde, S. V.
Rib, in architecture, is a projecting band on a ceil- ing, etc. In Middle-age ardiitecture ribs are very ex- tensively employed to ornament ceilings, both flat and
Oxford Cathedral, cir. IISO.
vaulted ; more especially the latter, when groined. In
the earliest Norman vaulting the ribs generally consist
of mere flat bands cross-
ing the vault at right
angles, the groins as
well as the apex being
left perfectly plain. As
the style advances the
ribs become moulded,
and are also applied to „^ , .
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the gronis, and arfr ■"
sometimes enriched with zigzags and other ornaments peculiar to the style, with carved bosses. at the inter- sections, as in the churches of Iffley, Oxfordshire, and Elkstone, Glouces- tershire.
In Early English vaulting, and that of all subsequent pe- riods, the groins are invariably covered by ribs, and the in- tersections are generally ornamented with bosses or other decorations, as is the case in the chapter-house at Oxford. In the Early English style it is seldom that more ribs are used than those which cross the vault at right angles (cross -springers) and the (diagonal) ribs upon the groins, with sometimes one at the ape.x.
In the Decorated style additional ribs are introduced between the diagonal and cross-springers following the curve of the vault, and frequently also in otiier parrs running in different directions, and uniting the whole into a kind of net- work, as at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire. The apex of the vault is almost inva- riably occupied by a rib, which is often slightly curved upwards between the bosses. When they are numerous, it is not unusual to find that the more imjiortant ribs are of larger size than the others. In this style the