The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1884 |
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... painted windows of the 15th and 16th centuries . The nave , in the Pointed style , is of recent construction , as are the two towers with stone spires rising to the height of 312 feet . The white stone chiefly employed is happily ...
... painted windows of the 15th and 16th centuries . The nave , in the Pointed style , is of recent construction , as are the two towers with stone spires rising to the height of 312 feet . The white stone chiefly employed is happily ...
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... painter , was born at Bristol on 28th June 1812 , and was the son of a Prussian gentleman , a writer on scientific ... paintings produced from them the power and individuality of the artist are first apparent . Shortly after his return ...
... painter , was born at Bristol on 28th June 1812 , and was the son of a Prussian gentleman , a writer on scientific ... paintings produced from them the power and individuality of the artist are first apparent . Shortly after his return ...
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... painter , was born at Ennis , county Clare , on 30th April 1786. When he was about five years old his father , a ... paintings of the Whistonian Con- troversy ( 1844 ) , Choosing the Wedding Gown ( 1846 ) , and Sophia and Burchell ...
... painter , was born at Ennis , county Clare , on 30th April 1786. When he was about five years old his father , a ... paintings of the Whistonian Con- troversy ( 1844 ) , Choosing the Wedding Gown ( 1846 ) , and Sophia and Burchell ...
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... " memnonia " ( μeuvóveia ) , were inha- bited by a large population of embalmers , mummy - case makers , gilders , painters , scribes , priests , and the like : The processes of mummification varied in different parts of Egypt. 20 MUL - ...
... " memnonia " ( μeuvóveia ) , were inha- bited by a large population of embalmers , mummy - case makers , gilders , painters , scribes , priests , and the like : The processes of mummification varied in different parts of Egypt. 20 MUL - ...
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... painted wooden coffins were substituted for the granite sarcophagi and richly- decorated mummy - cases of former times . The mummies became ashen - grey , or , being boiled in bitumen , were black , heavy , and shapeless . Those of ...
... painted wooden coffins were substituted for the granite sarcophagi and richly- decorated mummy - cases of former times . The mummies became ashen - grey , or , being boiled in bitumen , were black , heavy , and shapeless . Those of ...
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