it is the only surviving philosophical/theological girdle book. Women especially wore the girdle book out of convenience since it was already fashionable...
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especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing...
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Look up girdle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A girdle is a garment that encircles the midsection. Girdle may also refer to: Girdle (undergarment)...
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A girdle is a form-fitting foundation garment that encircles the lower torso, extending below the hips, and worn often to shape or for support. It may...
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Girdling, also called ring-barking, is the circumferential removal or injury of the bark (consisting of cork cambium or "phellogen", phloem, cambium and...
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Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a genetically heterogeneous group of rare muscular dystrophies that share a set of clinical characteristics. It...
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The magical Girdle of Aphrodite or Venus (Greek: ἱμάς, himás: 'strap, thong'; κεστός, kestós: 'girdle, belt'; Latin: cingulum Veneri, cestus Veneris)...
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habit and cowl, carrying a staff with a tau-shaped handle and his bound girdle book hanging from his belt. The literary source from which this image derives...
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similar girdle book is depicted in a 1592 portrait of Elizabeth, Philippa, or Joan Speke from Somerset, evidently wearing a treasured heirloom. The girdle book...
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lappets, and monde with a cross on top. Mary reads from a girdle book draped with a green cloth. A book is a normal attribute for Mary, as one of her titles...
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Hippolyta (redirect from Girdle of Hippolyte)
Iliad and elsewhere meaning "war belt". Some English translations prefer "girdle". Hippolyta figures prominently in the myths of both Heracles and Theseus...
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reconstructions, and video resources. Allegory in the Middle Ages Consolatio Girdle book Metres of Boethius Prosimetrum Stoicism The Wheel of Fortune Knowles...
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The Holy Girdle, also known as the Girdle of Thomas, Holy Girdle of Mary, Holy Zoonoro, (or) Zunoro, and Holy Belt of Saint Mary the mother of Jesus,...
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Pelvis (redirect from Human pelvic girdle)
region of the trunk. It is subdivided into the pelvic girdle and the pelvic spine. The pelvic girdle is composed of the appendicular hip bones (ilium, ischium...
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with flowers and stars. She is dressed as a bride, and reads from a girdle book draped with green cloth, perhaps an element borrowed from Robert Campin's...
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Chastity belt (redirect from Girdle of chastity)
Retrieved 22 January 2016. Polidoro, 2011: 27-28 Dingwall, Eric J (1931). The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-Historical Study. Routledge. Archived from the original...
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Girdle of Gaea is a fictional object depicted in the DC Comics book Wonder Woman. Originally created by William Moulton Marston as the Magic Girdle of...
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Diamond cut (redirect from Girdle (gemstone))
facets. Figure 2 is adapted from the Tolkowsky book, originally published in 1919. Since 1919, the lower girdle facets have become longer. As a result, the...
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attributes (Madeleine's vessel of ointment, and Catherine's wheel and book, here a girdle book). In spite of the sumptuosity of their costumes and jewels, and...
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (redirect from Green Girdle)
but steadfastly refuses, but she pleads that he at least take her sash, a girdle of green and gold silk. The sash, the lady assures him, is charmed, and...
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Several gold girdles of Korea have been excavated. They were symbols of royalty and status, but lesser belts were also worn by governmental officials...
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Catherine of Alexandria, with palm branch and girdle book, between two breaking wheels...
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Ghoonghat Ghost shirt Ghungroo GI glasses Gilet Gimp (thread) Gingham Girdle Girdle book Girl boxers Giveh Gladstone bag Glamour (presentation) Glass fiber...
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Ring of Fire (redirect from Girdle of Fire)
Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and...
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Captain Underpants (redirect from Boxer Boy and Great Granny Girdle)
their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. From the third book onwards, Mr. Krupp also possesses superhuman strength, durability and flight...
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The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically...
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wrote People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point, a non-fiction book describes the collected work of Susan Point through interviews and archival...
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with jewelled covers, portraits, and heraldic emblems. Some were bound as girdle books for easy carrying, though few of these or other medieval bindings...
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Tyet (redirect from Girdle of Isis)
The tyet (Ancient Egyptian: tjt), sometimes called the knot of Isis or girdle of Isis, is an ancient Egyptian symbol that came to be connected with the...
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is attached to the axial skeleton, is formed by the shoulder girdle, the pelvic girdle and the bones of the upper and lower limbs. The human skeleton...
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