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61museums, history of — Introduction history of the institutions that preserve and interpret the material evidence of the human race, human activity, and the natural world. As such, museums have a long history, springing from what may be an innate human desire to… …
62The Vatican — The Vatican † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Introduction; II. Architectural History of the Vatican Palace; III. Description of the Palace; IV. Description of the… …
63museum, types of — Introduction varieties of institutions dedicated to preserving and interpreting the material aspects of human activity and the environment. Such a broad range of activities can be conducted by a wide variety of institutions, which, for… …
64Tokyo National Museum — Established 1872, the nihongo|Tokyo National Museum|東京国立博物館|Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, or TNM, is the oldest and largest museum in Japan. The museum collects, houses, and preserves a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological… …
65GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS — The two closely related professions of refining, casting, beating, and filigreeing silver and gold have occupied Jewish craftsmen uninterruptedly from biblical times to the present. The highly skilled nature of the work, the relatively constant… …
66Mithraic Mysteries — Top: Mithras killing the bull, being looked over by the Sun god and the Moon goddess. Bottom: Mithras banqueting with the Sun god.] The Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of Mithras (also Mithraism) was a Roman mystery religion which became popular… …
67Bibliography — AKL Alloway, 1976 Ayala, 1970 Bacon, 1969 Beasts, 1981 Benedict, 1983 Benezit Bentley, 1984 Berger, 1985 Beurdeley, 1977 Bilder Lexikon Boardman, 1975 Bonhams, 1987 Bowie, 1970 Brusendorff, 1960a Brusendorff, 1960b Brusendorff, 1960c Brusendorff …
Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators
68Culture of Croatia — The culture of Croatia has roots in a long history: the Croatian people have been inhabiting the area for fourteen centuries, but there are important remnants of the earlier periods still preserved in the country. Part of a series on the Culture… …
69Vulgarism — (also called scurrility) derives from Latin vulgun , the mean folk , and has carried into English its original connotations linking it with the low and coarse motivations that were supposed to be naturally endemic to the meaner classes, who were… …
70Wewelsburg — For the village of Wewelsburg see Village of Wewelsburg Wewelsburg (pronounced|ˈveːvəlsˌbʊɐ̯k) is a Renaissance castle located in the northeast of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, in the village of Wewelsburg (the same name as the castle) which… …
