Infobox ancient site name DuraEuropos alternate name image DuraEuropos TempleOfBel.jpg imagealttext caption Temple of Bel at DuraEuropos map type Syria map alt latitude 34.747 longitude 40.730 map size ... . 300 BC DuraEuropos founded by the Seleucid Empire Seleucids c . 113 BC Parthians take Dura c . 65 ..., Dating the Fall of DuraEuropos , Historia Zeitschrift f r Alte Geschichte , V.35 1 1986 , pp.45 ... the locals had been deported. ref div DuraEuropos span style font size 92 span lang el ... near the village of Salhiy , in today s Syria . DuraEuropos is extremely important for archaeological ... of DuraEuropos as a great caravan city is becoming nuanced by the discoveries of locally made manufactures ... Parthian Empire Parthian control ref F. Millar, DuraEuropos under Parthian rule, in Das Partherreich ..., Syria. Archaeology Although the existence of DuraEuropos was long known through literary sources ... in 1922 23, identified the site with DuraEuropos, and uncovered a temple, before renewed ... of the city that journalists have called the Pompeii of the desert . Finds from DuraEuropos ... of Culture location Damascus oclc 638775287 ref Culture DuraEuropos was a Multicultural cosmopolitan ... DuraEuropos synagogue The Judaism Jewish synagogue , located by the western wall between towers ... Joseph Gutmann, The DuraEuropos Synagogue Paintings and Their Influence on Later Christian and Jewish ... Europos church , a house church with chapel area on right. The house church main DuraEuropos church There was also the identified the DuraEuropos church , the earliest Christian house church , located ... J.L. Teicher, Ancient Eucharistic Prayers in Hebrew DuraEuropos Parchment D. Pg. 25 The Jewish Quarterly ... PalmyraGate.jpg thumb right The Palmyrene Gate, the principal entrance to the city of DuraEuropos ... thumb 200px left A view of the southern wadi and part of the walls of the city of DuraEuropos ... 1001 topten syria.html Earliest Chemical Warfare DuraEuropos, Syria ref International Prize ... more details
Image DuraEuropos Church.jpg thumb right The DuraEuropos house church with chapel area on right. The DuraEuropos church also known as the DuraEuropos house church is the earliest identified Christian house church . It is located in DuraEuropos in Syria and dates from 235 AD. History The site of DuraEuropos, a former city and walled fortification, was excavated largely in the 1920s and 1930s by French and American teams. Within the archaeological site, the house church is located by the 17th tower and preserved by the same defensive fill that saved the nearby DuraEuropos synagogue . The building consists of a house conjoined to a separate hall like room, which functioned as the meeting room for the church. The surviving frescoes of the baptistry room are probably the most ancient Christian painting s. We can see the Good Shepherd this iconography had a very long history in the Classical ... crudely done than the paintings of the nearby DuraEuropos synagogue . ref http books.google.com ..., Ancient Eucharistic Prayers in Hebrew DuraEuropos Parchment D. Pg. 25 , The Jewish Quarterly Review ... of it. Image gallery title Frescoes of the baptistry room DuraEuropos Baptistry Good Shepherd.jpg The Good Shepherd The Good Shepherd Duraeuropos paralytic.jpg Healing of the paralytic Healing of the paralytic Dura Baptistry Christ walking on water.jpg Christ and Peter walking on water Christ and Peter walking on water DuraEuropos baptistry women at the tomb.jpg Women at the tomb Women at the tomb Dura Baptistry Samaritan.jpg The Good Samaritan The Good Samaritan See also Oldest churches in the world DuraEuropos References reflist External links http www.deeperstudy.com link dura baptistery.html Photo of Baptistery http www.deeperstudy.com link dura church.html Diagram of Church coord missing Syria DEFAULTSORT DuraEuropos Church Category Churches in Syria Category Fresco paintings ... dump outside the Palmyrene Gate , a fragmentary text was unearthed from an unknown Dura Parchment ... more details
Expand French Synagogue de Doura Europos date February 2011 Inline date June 2010 Infobox ancient site name DuraEuropos Synagogue native name alternate name image Doura Europos synagogue courtyard.jpg imagealttext caption Courtyard, western porch and prayer hall map type Syria map alt latitude 34.7474 longitude 40.7272 map size 220 location region coordinates type part of length width area height builder material built abandoned epochs cultures dependency of occupants event excavations archaeologists condition ruin ownership public access website notes The DuraEuropos synagogue or Dura Europas , DuraEuropos etc is an ancient synagogue uncovered at DuraEuropos , Syria , in 1932. DuraEuropos article says 1935 The last phase of construction was dated by an Aramaic language Aramaic inscription to 244 Common Era CE , making it one of the oldest synagogues in the world. It is unique among the many ancient synagogues that have emerged from archaeological digs as it was preserved virtually intact, and it has extensive Figurative art figurative wall paintings. These frescoes are now displayed ... the DuraEuropos synagogue, 244 CE Scholars think the paintings were used as an instructional display ... in order to compete with the many other religions practiced in DuraEuropos the new and considerably smaller Christian church DuraEuropos church appears to have opened shortly before the surviving ... result&ct result&resnum 9 v onepage&q &f false Google books External links commonscat DuraEuropos ... Database for Biblical Studies, Yale Divinity School. DEFAULTSORT DuraEuropos Synagogue Category ... Category Jewish Syrian history Category Roman Empire art de Synagoge von DuraEuropos fr Synagogue de Doura Europos he nl Synagoge van DuraEuropos pl Synagoga w DuraEuropos ru ... http books.google.co.uk books?id EjoKdj4lQz8C&pg PA131&lpg PA131&dq Dura Europas Hand of God&source ... more details
Europos or Europus Greek polytonic can refer to Europus, a son of Makednos and Oreithyia , the daughter of Athenian Cecrops II . Europos Macedonia Europos , a debated number of towns in ancient Macedon ia named after him Europus, the ancient name of Carchemish in modern day Syria. DuraEuropos , an ancient city in modern day Syria. DuraEuropos synagogue , a synagogue in the above city Evropos municipality in Macedonia Greece disambig de Europos ... more details
Dura may refer to Dura town , a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate Dura language , a critically endangered language of Nepal Dura Automotive Systems , an American automotive company headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan and specializing in automobile components Dura Convertible Systems , an American automotive company headquartered in Adrian, Michigan and specializing in convertible tops DuraEuropos , an ancient city located in modern day Syria, founded in 303 BCE and abandoned in 256 7 CE Dura mater , the outermost of the three layers of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord Dora, Baghdad , alternately transliterated al Dura , a neighborhood in the Rasheed administrative district in Southern Baghdad, Iraq Ci migiu Gardens , originally named Lake of Dura the merchant , a public park near the center of Bucharest, Romania that surrounds an artificial lake Muhammad al Durrah , a Palestinian boy who was reported as shot and killed in September 2000 in a Palestinian Israeli firefight disambig de Dura fr Dura ru fi Dura tr Dura ... more details
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Other uses Europos disambiguation EuroposEuropos lang el polytonic was the name of a number of cities in ancient Macedon ia, in the regions of Bottiaea , Almopia , Vardar Axius and lower Paionia . The exact position and the number of cities is debated. Europos was the birthplace of Seleucus I Nikator , and two cities in Seleucid Empire were named Europos . There is also reported a Delphic proxenos Machatas of Europos Machatas from Europos in the late 4th century BC. References Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer page 152 An inventory of archaic and classical poleis Page 802 ISBN 0198140991 Seleukos Nikator By John D. Grainger Page 4 ISBN 0415047013 Category Geography of ancient Paeonia Category Upper Macedonia Category Bottiaea Category Ancient Greek cities ... more details
Europos Parkas the Park of Europe is a 50 hectare open air museum located 17 km from Vilnius, Lithuania . The museum gives an artistic significance to Geographic centre of Europe the geographic centre of the European continent as determined by the Institut g ographique national France French National Geographic Institute in 1989 and presents Lithuanian and international modern art . Collection Image europos parkas 1.jpg 250px right thumb Magdalena Abakanowicz. Space of Unknown Growth small The museum exhibits more than 90 works from 27 countries, including Armenia, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, the United States, and Venezuela. The collection includes large scale works by the contemporary artists Magdalena Abakanowicz , Sol LeWitt , Ales Vesely and Dennis Oppenheim http www.artcyclopedia.com artists oppenheim dennis.html , among others. Three of the pieces that are most frequently mentioned by the park s international visitors are LNK Infotree , by Gintaras Karosas , was included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world s largest artwork. The sculpture, which includes 3,000 television sets, is a 700 meter labyrinth in the form of a tree, with a toppled statue of Lenin in its center. The monument evokes television s power to disseminate propaganda, and the eventual regrowth of the truth. Monument of the Centre of Europe ... europos parkas 2.jpg 250px right thumb Gintaras Karosas. The Place small Europos Parkas was founded ... at Europos Parkas http www.culturelink.org news network news2006.html 2006 International competition to develop a sculpture at Europos Parkas on the theme of Light, Electricity, Energy http turizmas.info ... Category Vilnius district municipality eo Europos parkas fr Europos Parkas lt Europos parkas nl Europos Parkas ru sv Europaparken ... more details
Other people2 Machatas disambiguation Machatas Machatas , son of Sabattaras from Europos , was a Macedon ian proxenos of Delphi ans in late 4th century BC. As the inscription says the Delphians gave proxenia , euergesia benefaction , promanteia priority in consulting the Pythia oracle , proedria privilege of reserved seats at the theatre , prodikia the right to priority in a trial to Machatas and his descendants, the same as it is given to every proxenos . The decree is issued by archon Hierondas and bouleutai chancellors Heraklidas, Eualkeus and Echyllos. References http epigraphy.packhum.org inscriptions main?url oi 3Fikey 3D240631 26bookid 3D452 26region 3D3 26subregion 3D7 FD III 4 405 Delphi 325 300 BC Die Proxenie By Christian Marek pag. 220 ISBN 3820475958 Alexander the Great A Reader by Ian Worthington pag. 26 ISBN ISBN 0415291860 A History of Macedonia Historical geography and prehistory By N. G. L. Hammond v. 1 pag. 168 ISBN 0198142943 Category Upper Macedonians Category Proxenoi Category 4th century BC Greek people ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Lamina dura is bundle bone immature bone that lies adjacent to the periodontal ligament , around the tooth socket . The lamina dura surrounds the tooth socket and provides the attachment surface with which the Sharpey s fibers of the periodontal ligament perforate. An intact lamina dura is seen as a sign of healthy periodontium. Lamina dura, along with the periodontal ligament, plays an important role in bone remodeling and thus in orthodontic tooth movement. Alveolar bone Medicine stub Category Bones of the head and neck Category Teeth ... more details
taxobox image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Poales familia Bromeliaceae subfamilia Tillandsioideae genus Tillandsia subgenus Allardtia species T. dura binomial Tillandsia dura binomial authority Baker Tillandsia dura is a species biology species of the genus biology genus Tillandsia . This species is Endemism endemic to Brazil . References http www.dpi.inpe.br referata arq 22 Rafael Bromelias Bromelia Mata Atlantica.pdf BROMELIACEAE DA MATA ATL NTICA BRASILEIRA retrieved 22 October 2009 Category Tillandsia dura Category Bromeliaceae species Category Flora of Brazil Tillandsia stub vi Tillandsia dura ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . taxobox status LR cd status system IUCN2.3 regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Magnoliid s ordo Laurales familia Lauraceae genus Alseodaphne species A. dura binomial Alseodaphne dura binomial authority Kostermans Alseodaphne dura is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family. It is Endemism endemic to Malaysia . It is threatened by habitat loss . Source Kochummen, K.M. 1998. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 36332 all Alseodaphne dura . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007. Category Flora of Malaysia Category Alseodaphne Category Conservation dependent plants es Alseodaphne dura vi Alseodaphne dura ... more details
Salsa dura , also known as salsa gorda , describes salsa music salsa music from the 1970s, which emphasizes strong percussion and horns over vocals. This is in contrast to Salsa rom ntica salsa romantica , from the 1990s to the present. External links http www.metroactive.com papers metro 06.09.04 salsa 0424.html Big Willie Style , a Metro Newspapers article on salsa dura gorda and Willie Rosario. http descarga.com cgi bin db archives Article22?7RmHoSKR 146 Making Salsa Dura Harder , an article on some of the history of Salsa Dura, and thoughts on its future. Uncategorized date March 2011 music genre stub ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . taxobox status LR nt status system IUCN2.3 regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Magnoliid s ordo Magnoliales familia Annonaceae genus Guatteria species G. dura binomial Guatteria dura binomial authority R.E. Fr. Guatteria dura is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is Endemism endemic to Venezuela . Source World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 38335 all Guatteria dura . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007. Category Flora of Venezuela Category Guatteria Category Near threatened plants Annonaceae stub vi Guatteria dura ... more details
Infobox Anatomy Name Dura mater Latin GraySubject 193 GrayPage 872 Image Meninges en.svg Caption Meninges of the CNS Image2 Caption2 The medulla spinalis and its membranes. System MeshName Dura Mater MeshNumber A08.186.566.395 The dura mater pron en dj r me t r , or dura , is the outermost of the three ... are the pia mater and the arachnoid mater . The dura surrounds the brain and the spinal cord and is responsible for keeping in the cerebrospinal fluid . The name dura mater is derived from the Latin ... referred to by the term pachymeninx plural pachymeninges . ref name Dura definition http www.medterms.com script main art.asp?articlekey 32512 ref The dura has been described as tough and inflexible and leather like . ref name Dura definition Layers and functions Image Gray488 blue.gif thumb left Spinal needles used in lumbar puncture. The dura mater has several functions and layers. The dura ... from the brain toward the heart. The dura mater has two layers, or wikt lamella lamella e The superficial ..., the actual dura mater. Dural folds and reflections Image Gray767.png thumb right Spinal reflections and folds. The dura separates into two layers at dural reflections also known as dural folds , places ... dural infolding and is a circular sheet of dura that is suspended between the clinoid processes, forming .... Drainage Expand section date December 2009 The two layers of dura mater run together throughout most ... course through the dura mater, and bridging veins , which drain the underlying neural tissue and puncture the dura mater, empty into these dural sinuses. Clinical significance Expand section date December 2009 Many medical conditions involve the dura mater. A subdural hematoma occurs when there is an abnormal collection of blood between the dura and the arachnoid, usually as a result of torn bridging veins secondary to head trauma. An epidural hematoma is a collection of blood between the dura ... dura mater . Various clinical manifestations may be linked to this anatomical relationship such as headaches ... more details
Infobox Language name Dura region East Asia familycolor Sino Tibetan fam1 Sino Tibetan languages Sino Tibetan br Tibeto Burman languages Tibeto Burman fam2 Magaric languages Magaric ? Dura is the name of a critically endangered language of Nepal , and of the ethnic group that has historically spoken it. It has been classified in the West Bodish group of Tibeto Burman languages , though more recent work classifies it as its own independent group within Tibeto Burman. ref Kraayenbrink et al., Language and Genes of the Greater Himalayan Region , preprint, http www.le.ac.uk genetics maj4 Himalayan OMLLreport.pdf, retrieved September 12, 2007 ref Many of the Dura have switched to speaking Nepali language Nepali , and the Dura language has sometimes been thought to be extinct. Some of the people who have switched to Nepali for their daily speech still use Dura only for saying prayers. ref Van Driem, George. Languages of the Himalayas An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region , Brill Academic Publishers 2002 ISBN 978 9004103900 ref The ethnic Dura people mostly live in the Lamjung District , with some in the neighboring Tanahu District , of the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. ref name nefin http www.nefin.org.np content view 36 42 Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities NEFIN Dura Bot generated title ref They mostly live on farms in hilly country. ref name nefin Different recent census counts have reported the number of Dura people anywhere from 3,397 to 5,676. ref name nefin The Himalayan Languages Project is working on recording additional knowledge of Dura ... generated title ref Around 1,500 words and 250 sentences in Dura have been recorded. The last known speaker of the language is the 82 year old Soma Devi Dura. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi south asia 7189898.stm title The last of Nepal s Dura speakers work BBC News date January 15, 2008 ref External links http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi south asia 7189898.stm The last of Nepal s Dura speakers ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Turritella dura image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked familia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Sorbeoconcha superfamilia Cerithioidea familia Turritellidae subfamilia Turritellinae genus Turritella subgenus species T. dura binomial Turritella dura binomial authority M rch, 1860 ref WRMS source 138919 M rch, A. O. L., 1860 Malakozool. Bl. 7 17 May 2010 ref synonyms ref synonyms Turritella dura is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Turritellidae . ref name WoRMS WRMS species 446553 Turritella dura M rch, 1860 17 May 2010 ref Description Empty section date May 2010 Distribution Empty section date May 2010 References reflist External links Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Turritella Dura Category Turritellidae Turritellidae stub ... more details
Taxobox name Dura image image width image caption status status system regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera unranked familia Macrolepidoptera superfamilia Noctuoidea familia Lymantriidae subfamilia Lymantrinae tribus Lymantrini genus Dura moth genus authority Jakob H bner H bner , 1819 subdivision ranks Species subdivision See Text Dura is a genus of moths in the family Lymantriidae . References http www.nhm.ac.uk jdsml research curation projects butmoth GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL &FAMILYqtype starts with&FAMILY lymantriidae&SUBFAMILYqtype starts with&SUBFAMILY &TRIBEqtype starts with&TRIBE &SUBTRIBEqtype starts with&SUBTRIBE &GENUSqtype starts with&GENUS &AUTHORqtype starts with&AUTHOR &YEARqtype equals&YEAR &sort GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database DEFAULTSORT Dura Moth Category Lymantriidae Lymantriidae stub ... more details
Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality name Dura image Dura Logo.jpg imgsize caption Municipal Seal of Dura arname meaning founded type muna typefrom 1967 altOffSp Durrah altUnoSp governorate hb latd 31 latm 30 lats 24.45 latNS N longd 35 longm 01 longs 39.78 longEW E population 28,268 popyear 2007 area areakm mayor Mustafa Khalil Rjoub pushpin map Palestinian territories Dura lang ar big big is a Palestinian people Palestinian town located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of over 28,268 in 2007. ref http www.pcbs.gov.ps Portals PCBS Downloads book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics . p.119. ref The current mayor is Mustafa Khalil Rjoub. Eymology According to the municipality, the name Dura is derived from a Canaan ite word meaning house and not the Arabic language Arabic word for corn. Its ancient name is Adoraim, and is mentioned in the Bible 2 Chronicles 11 9 as one of the cities fortified by Rehoboam. br The town was referred to as Adora during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Between the years 57 and 47 BCE, the region of ancient Palestine was divided into five districts, or synedria, with Adora likely serving as the capital of eastern Idumaea. ref Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 14.91 and M. Avi Yonah, The Holy Land A Historical Geography from the Perisan to the Arab Conquest Jerusalem ... Adoraim see Adurim . History During the Ottoman period, Dura s inhabitants staged an uprising ... and Dura was besieged by the United Kingdom British for six months and was forced to pay fines. Dura ... opened offices in Dura, enhancing its role in Palestinian politics. Climate The climate of Dura ... of the Dura hills 250 300. Notable residents Khalid Amayreh &ndash journalist regular columnist ... it Dura he nl Dura pl Dura ru ... more details
Weasel inline date October 2010 to the incredible aspects of Dura Lube. Citation needed date October 2010 On the heels of the successful infomercial, Dura Lube was rolled out into the retail industry in the spring of 1993. Dura Lube then added comprehensive retail support with a North American ... sponsorship of two Sprint Cup Series Winston Cup Winston cup races and a primary sponsorship of the Dura Lube NASCAR Busch Grand National Race Car. In 2005, Dura Lube underwent an ownership and management ... products of Dura Lube. Citation needed date October 2010 Our who date October 2010 commitment to customer service Weasel inline date October 2010 and overall belief that Dura Lube is the best lubricants ... more details
Orphan date September 2010 Dura Den is a small, 3 km long wooded picturesque gorge that is located near Cupar in northeastern Fife, Scotland . This narrow cleft follows a course between the villages of Kemback to the north and Pitscottie to the south. A small stream named the Ceres or Kame Burn follows the course of this gorge, and this flow includes small waterfalls near the mid point. Historically the Ceres Burn was used to power jute spinning mills Around 1859 the geologist and Newburgh, Fife Newburgh minister of religion minister John Anderson discovered what turned out to be extensive sandstone deposits of ganoid fossil ized fish in this area. The Dura Den Wood is being managed by the Woodland Trust , and occupies an area of convert 4.25 acre m2 . The woods include Ash tree ash , oak , and hazel . External links http www.wt woods.org.uk DuraDenWood Dura Den Wood http website.lineone.net erikato fishbase.htm The Fossil Fishes of Dura Den coord 56.31159 N 2.94382 W source placeopedia display title Category Fife Category Canyons and gorges of Scotland Category Forests and woodlands of Scotland Fife geo stub ... more details
taxobox image Sclerochloadura.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Poales familia Poaceae subfamilia Pooideae genus Sclerochloa species S. dura binomial Sclerochloa dura binomial authority L. Palisot de Beauvois P.Beauv. Sclerochloa dura is a species of grass known by the common names common hardgrass and fairground grass . It is native to Eurasia, and it is known in parts of North America and Australia as an introduced species and a common weed of disturbed, high traffic areas such as parking lot s, roadsides, and playing field s. It is a sturdy annual grass forming low, flat clumps of short stems, some prostrate and some upright. The flat, overlapping leaf blades are a few centimeters long. The inflorescence is a crowded, one sided series of flattened spikelets. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?8738,9275,9276 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol SCDU2 USDA Plants Profile http herbarium.usu.edu webmanual info2.asp?name Sclerochloa dura&type treatment Grass Manual Treatment http biology.burke.washington.edu herbarium imagecollection.php?Genus Sclerochloa&Species dura Washington Burke Museum Category Pooideae Pooideae stub pl Suchotraw twardy ... more details
Image Clement VIII mosaic.jpg thumb 275px right Pope Clement VIII in pietra dura designed by Jacopo Ligozzi , executed by Romolo di Francesco Ferrucci del Tadda . Image Cathedral Virgin Mary 7.jpg thumb 275px Altar frontal of Italian opera di commessi , Dubrovnik Cathedral . File Roses over crossed canes, from Museo dell Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence.jpg thumb 275px Detail of design with roses ... in Agra , India Thanks to the meticulous and extensive use of pietra dura, the monument is often nicknamed ... in the Taj Mahal , incorporating precious and semi precious stones. Pietra dura or pietre dure see ... full maturity in Florence . Pietra dura items are generally crafted on green, white or black marble ... pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces ... usage in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi colored inlay work ... on its website, but pietra dura A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi precious stones into a stone ... in the image, not all of roughly equal size and shape as in mosaic. In pietra dura the stones are not cemented together with grout , and works in pietra dura are often portable. Nor should it be confused ... dura developed from the Ancient Roman opus sectile , which at least in terms of surviving examples ... in the Taj Mahal . ref In Mughal India, pietra dura was known as Parchin kari literally inlay or driven ... Mahal being one of the major tourist attractions, there is a flourishing industry of Pietra Dura ... with relief pietra dura panel File PIETRA DURA Agra India.png A contemporary marble table top in Pietra Dura , Agra , employing floral patterns of the Taj Mahal gallery Notes reflist Sources commonscat ... pietra dura.html Photos of Indian examples DEFAULTSORT Pietra Dura Category Italian mosaic Category ... Taj Mahal Category Hardstone carving de Pietra dura hi it Pietre dure ml pl Pietra dura ... more details
Dura Navis was composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1787. It is one of his earliest known poems and was written for a school assignment while Coleridge attended Christ s Hospital . The poem describes the pain of solitude that accompanies travel and the risks that accompany a voyage at sea, including combat against others and resorting to cannibalism . Background Dura Navis , along with Easter Holidays and Niul Pejus est Caelibe Vita , is one of Coleridge s earliest known poems. ref Sarker 2001 p. 43 ref Dura Navis was written for an exercise while Coleridge attended Christ s Hospital at the age of 15. Of this exercise Coleridge wrote in a note to the poem blockquote I well remember old Jemmy Bowyer, the plagose Orbilius of Christ s Hospital, but an admirable Educer no less than Educator of the Intellect, bad me leave out as many epithets as would turn the whole into 8 syllable Lines, and then asked myself if the Exercise would not be greatly improved. How often have I thought of this proposal since then and how many thousand bloated and puffing lines have I read that by this process would have tripped over the tongues excellently. Likewise I remember that he told me on the same occasion Coleridge the connections of a Declamation are not the transitions of Poetry bad, however, as they are, they are better than Apostrophes and O thou s, for at the worst they are something like common sense. The others are the grimaces of Lunacy . ref Sampson 1920 p. 269 ref blockquote Poem The poem begins by describing a voyage, an image connected to his own separation from home ref Yarlott 1967 p. 3 ref To tempt the dangerous deep, too venturous youth, Why does thy breast with fondest wishes ... Moon and in his The Nightingale . ref Kneale 1999 79 80 ref In terms of themes, Dura Navis ... simply and control their passions and desires. ref Werkmeister 1961 p. 110 ref Dura Navis is dominated ... s account of Boyer s correcting of Dura Navis . However, It was still the day of mechanical scansion ... more details
of the fragment was reconstructed by Kraeling and Welles. Dura Parchment 24 is currently housed at Yale University P. Dura 24 , New Haven, Connecticut New Haven catalogued there as DuraEuroposDura ... History of the manuscript File DuraEuropos Church.jpg thumb right 200px DuraEuropos church in Dura ... of a Roman border town, DuraEuropos , on the lower Euphrates , under the glacis earthern slope which also covered the Christian church and the Jewish synagogue, the parchment fragment now known as Dura ... to the text of the Gospels. ref D. C. Parker, D. G. K Taylor and M. S. Goodacre, The DuraEuropos ... , The DuraEuropos Gospel Harmony, in Studies in the Early Text of the Gospels and Acts , ed. D. G ... in 1933, during excavations among the ruins of DuraEuropos , known to have been destroyed ..., A. de icon Das Griechische Diatessaron Fragment von DuraEuropos . Oriens Christianus 10 Rome ... C. Parker Parker, D. C. , D. G. K Taylor and M. S. Goodacre, The DuraEuropos Gospel Harmony , in D ...New Testament manuscript infobox form Uncial number 0212 image Dura Parchment 24 facsimile .JPG isize caption Dura p. 24 in facsimile edition Kraeling 1935 name Dura Parchment 24 sign text Diatessaron script Greek language Greek date 3rd century found DuraEuroposDura , 1933 now at Yale University cite C. H. Kraeling, A Greek Fragment of Tatians s Diatessaron from Dura , S & D III 1935 size 10.5 x 9.5 cm type mixed cat III hand note unique reading in Luke 23 49 Dura Parchment 24 , designated as Uncial ... s Diatessaron from Dura . Studies and Documents S & D 3 London, 1935 ref It was re edited, with a minor .... Dura Parchment does not constitute evidence of non Diatessaronic composition. ref http ecwar.org ... Fragment of Tatians s Diatessaron from Dura . Studies and Documents S & D 3 London, 1935 , p. 36 ... Fragment of Tatians s Diatessaron from Dura . Studies and Documents S & D 3 London, 1935 , pp. 36 ... of Tatians s Diatessaron from Dura . Studies and Documents S & D 3 London, 1935 , p. 37 ref The text ... more details
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