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21Ancient university — is a term used to describe the medieval and renaissance universities of England, Scotland and Ireland that have continued to exist.Great Britain and IrelandThe ancient universities in United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland are, in order of… …
22ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE — Ancient Greek architecture is widely revered for its formal elements that have come to be called classical. These include a canon of proportion based on the human body, symmetry and harmony in terms of the relationship between all parts and… …
23Ancient Chinese wooden architecture — is the least studied of any of the world s great architectural traditions from the western point of view, and its study is relatively new. Although Chinese architectural history reaches back nearly ten millennia, descriptions of Chinese… …
24Ancient Philippine scripts — are systems of writing that developed and flourished in the Philippine islands in about 300 BC. These scripts are related to other Southeast Asian systems of writing that developed from South Indian Brahmi scripts used in Asoka Inscriptions and… …
25Ancient — An cient, a. [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See {Ante }, pref.] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times… …
26Ancient demesne — Ancient An cient, a. [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See {Ante }, pref.] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the… …
27Ancient lights — Ancient An cient, a. [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See {Ante }, pref.] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the… …
28Ancient Chinese glass — refers to all types of glass manufactured in China prior to the Qing Dynasty (1644 1911). In Chinese history, glass played a peripheral role in the arts and crafts, when compared to ceramics and metal work [Braghin 2002a] . The limited… …
29Ancient See of Trondhjem — Ancient See of Trondhjem † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ancient See of Trondhjem (NIDAROS). In Norway it was the kings who introduced Christianity, which first became known to the people during their martial expeditions (Hergenröther,… …
30ANCIENT ROMAN ARCHITECTURE — Ancient Romans are traditionally known for the creation of an architectural style founded on Greek models, but it had to accommodate a larger population and denser urban society as well as a much larger empire. As a result, Roman architecture… …
