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111Jainism — /juy niz euhm/, n. a dualistic religion founded in the 6th century B.C. as a revolt against current Hinduism and emphasizing the perfectibility of human nature and liberation of the soul, esp. through asceticism and nonviolence toward all living… …
112tomb — tombal, adj. tombless, adj. tomblike, adj. /toohm/, n. 1. an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave. 2. a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like. 3. a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person. 4. any sepulchral… …
113Ecclesiastical Art — • Article explores the origin, history, and types Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Art Ecclesiastical Art …
114Hebron — • An ancient royal city of Chanaan, famous in biblical history, especially at the time of the patriarchs and under David Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hebron Hebron …
115Prayers for the Dead — • Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle s Creed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …
116Wood-Carving — • Discusses the branch of wood carving dealing with artistic objects, belonging either to plastic (as statues, crucifixes, and similar carvings), or to industrial art (as arabesques and rosettes), and which serve mainly for the ornamentation of… …
117Adam Krafft — Adam Krafft † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Adam Krafft Sculptor, b. about 1440 at Nuremberg; d. Jan., 1509 at Schwabach. He carved at Nuremberg the last famous Gothic monuments in stone. The earliest of his extant works are the so called… …
118Francois Girardon — François Girardon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► François Girardon A noted sculptor of the reign of Louis XIV, b. at Troyes, France, 1630; d. at Paris, 1715. The son of a bronze founder, he studied first under the sculptor François Anguier …
119Croatian pre-Romanesque art and architecture — Church of Saint Cross in Nin from 11th century. Smallest cathedral in the world. Croatian Pre Romanesque art and architecture or Old Croatian Art is Pre Romanesque art and architecture of Croats from their arrival at Balkans till the end of 11th… …
120Doliche (Thessaly) — Doliche (Greek: Δολίχη), was an ancient Greek city in Perrhaebia in Thessaly, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. Doliche, with the two neighbouring towns of Azorus and Pythion (Pythium), formed a Tripolis. The site is occupied by the modern… …
