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• Altar Vase — • Vase to hold flowers for the decoration of the altar Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Vase     Altar Vase     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar (Catholicism) — High altar of St. Michael s Church, Munich. In the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, the altar is where the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred place, but never without an altar, or at least an… …   Wikipedia

• Altar Linens — • The corporal, pall, purificator, and finger towels Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Linens     Altar Linens     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar — For other uses, see Altar (disambiguation). Detail from Religion, Charles Sprague Pearce (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C …   Wikipedia

• Piranesi Vase — The Piranesi Vase or Boyd Vase is a reconstructed colossal ancient Roman krater on 3 legs and a triangular base, with a relief around the sides of the vase. It is 107 inches (2.71m) tall and 28 inches (0.71m) in diameter. It was produced, with… …   Wikipedia

• Pentathlon — Vase mit den drei wichtigsten Sportarten des Fünfkampfes: Diskus und Speerwerfer, für den Weitsprung sieht man die Springgewichte (halteres) im Hintergrund oben. Attisch rotfigurige Schale, 490 v.Chr., bemalt von Onesimos. Das Pentathlon war eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …   Universalium

• Troilus — [ Etruscan fresco, Tomb of the Bulls, Tarquinia, c540 530BC.] Troilus (also Troilos, Troylus) (Ancient Greek: Τρωίλος, Troïlos, Latin: Troilus) is a legendary character associated with the story of the Trojan War. The first surviving reference to …   Wikipedia

• Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …   Universalium

• St-Junien — Die ehemalige Stiftskirche (frz. Collégiale) Saint Junien steht inmitten der gleichnamigen französischen Ortschaft mit knapp 11.000 Einwohnern (2006), die im Département Haute Vienne in der Région Limousin, etwa 30 km westlich von Limoges, 20 km… …   Deutsch Wikipedia