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= Unconfirmed information

Battista, Giovanni. Looking very much like the famous Orson Welles of our world (ACO, CBD #87), he was a Third Class MAINTAINER in The TOWER.   He went through it entirely with MILENA around 450 AT (GC), to finally come out in a different existential plane (LT). A quay bore his name on the North Shore of URBICANDE (GC). There also has been in our world an Italian architect named Giovanni Battista PIRANESI. See as well ORTÉLIUS, PALINGENIUS and VÉLASQUEZ.

Battista (The). A ship that foundered off Cape CORREARD eight days after leaving port, struck by the same tidal wave that sunk the main island of the CAYLUS archipelago. Michel ARDAN was one of the passengers, and some of the other survivors ended up in the mysterious giant LIBRARY (EC). See also MONT ANALOGUE.

Bauer, Franz. A young officer of XHYSTOS, born in 665 AT. He was sent to investigate SAMARIS in 696 AT and came back many years later, a victim of the SAMARIS EFFECT (GC).

Bees.   The bee is one of the few animal species to have been domesticated in the Obscure World, and even then apparently only on a small scale.  Bee keepers, at any rate, do not seem to have a very high social status (GC).  See FAUNA.

Belgica.  "Belgium", in Latin.  Name of an expedition to Antarctica in 1897-98 AD, that greatly contributed to increase our knowledge of this part of our world.  See AMUNDSEN, STAMPS and STREETS OF BRUSSELS.

Bell Canada Head Office. Dedicated in 1929 AD, this MONTREAL building seems to have fallen straight from the Obscure Cities world, and is probably the site of a PASSAGE. The most likely spot to try going through is probably the remarkable black Belgian marble mural found at the end of a corridor (MHA).

Benayoun, Maurice (Pr). A scientist, he discovered the QUARX genus (CG).

Benarrouch, Karen.   Assistant to Professeur BENAYOUN.  We owe her, through the help of Olivier TISSOT, many precious informations on the QUARXS (LQ, OT).

Benett, L..   An engraver from our world who, in 1879 AD, illustrated Les cinq cents millions de la Begum [The Begum's Fortune], of Jules VERNE.   His representation of Schultze's giant canon suggests that he has visited URBICANDE, unless he worked from a very precise description given by Verne himself (FU).

Bibliotherapy. To heal with BOOKS. Many Obscures believe that all ailments can be cured by appropriate reading (GC).

Bibo. A "leaner" encountered by Mary VON RATHEN in the MARY LA PENCHÉE fairytale (MLP).

Bilibin, Ivan. (Bilibine, when spelled according to French usage - see below).  A famous Russian illustrator [1876-1942 AD], much admired by François SCHUITEN (CBD #87).

Bilibine. Navigator of the zeppelin imagined by FRIEDRICH. A pale little man with thinning hair, wearing enormous spectacles and out of fashion clothes (RA).

Bleu Méthylène. An artistic group that, among other things, has decorated the portholes of the ARTS ET MÉTIERS subway station (ADI). See also METHYLEN SEA.

Blossfeldtstad. Formerly BRENTANO. An Obscure City in the center of the CONTINENT, at the southern edge of the SEPTENTRIONAL JUNGLE (GC). Starting in 697 AT, it was entirely remodelled according to the photographs of Karl BLOSSFELDT, with the exception of the little forgotten house of the NIERENDORFs (EC). The suburb where Albert CHAMISSO moved after his downfall is probably outside of the city limits proper.  Many buildings are equipped with an aircraft landing, and the city is known for its superb VEGETALISTIC STYLE (GC, ODH). Site of a famous scientific controversy (GC), possibly related to the disappearance of TAXANDRIA. Many merchants in the city are trying to have its old name reinstalled, because it is easier for foreigners. See BOUCHINEY, Irina BRENTANO, DELPHINIUM, EQUISETUM, FERRISS Hotel, HEAD OFFICE OF ASSURANCES GÉNÉRALES, LIBUSSA, PALAIS DES MILLE FEUX, SKY SWITCHERS and RICARDO.

Bobby. A "leaner" from the MARY LA PENCHÉE children story (MLP).

Bockstael. A square in BRÜSEL/BRUSSELS. Formerly serviced on the Obscure Side by the Number 81 TRAMWAY line (A).

Bogdan. A five-year-old boy under whose direction the ORPHANS OF CERNOVADA started their journey (EC).

Bonze (Mister). AIMÉ's teacher, a defender of the Eternal Present dogma (SEP).

Book of Samaris. A tome resting on an altar at the hearth of that city. Its ornate text is difficult to read, and full of nearly cabalistic references (MS).

Books. They are held in high respect in most Obscure Cities, although there is a tendency to value the object rather than the words (GC). Among the exceptions we note CERNOVADA, where a LIBRARY was converted into an orphanage (EC, GC), and MYLOS, where even Jules VERNE's books are burned if deemed a nuisance to production (RA). See also BIBLIOTHERAPY, FRIEDRICH, SCROLLBOOKS, TURIN and ULTIMATE BOOK.

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