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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
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Tabulæ linguarum. Being a set of tables, exhibiting at sight the declensions of nouns and conjugations of verbs; with other grammatical requisites essential to the reading and speaking of the following languages, viz. Latin Spanish Portuguese Italian French Norman Gothic German Dutch Danish Swedish English Celtic or Erse Armoric Basque Biseayen Cornish Waldense Irish Scotch Welsh Manks Noise Sclavonic Russian Hungarian Bohemian Polish Turkish Hebrew Arabic Persic Greek Morean Arabesque Ethiopic African Morisco Coptic Showrah [Shilhæ] Tartarean Kalmuc Ostiac Nagree Bengals Hindostan Chinese Japanese Malayan Javanese Algonkin Esquimaux With an Explication of the Lingua Franca; and the pretended modern Egyptian, or Cant Language. The Whole being intended to facilitate the Acquisition of any of those Languages, by having in the most conspicuous point of view whatever is esteemed therein essentially necessary to be committed to Memory. The Radical or Ancient Languages being taken from the best Authorities; and the Derivative or Modern from the Determinations of the present Academics and Literary Societies of the respective Countries. In eight parts. Part I. containing the Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and Norman.
Clarke, Henry, 1743-1818.Date: 1793- Books
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Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis / conditum a Carolo Dufresne, domino Du Cange, auctum a monachis ordinis S. Benedicti cum supplementis integris D.P. Carpenterii et additamentis Adelungii, et aliorum digessit G.A.L. Henschel.
Date: 1840-1850- Books
A Greek-English lexicon of the Septuagint / T. Muraoka.
Muraoka, T.Date: 2009- Books
A dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon language. Containing the accentuation - the grammatical inflections - the irregular words referred to their themes - the parallel terms, from the other Gothic languages - the meaning of the Anglo-Saxon in English and Latin - and copious English and Latin indexes, serving as a dictionary of English and Anglo-Saxon, as well as of Latin and Anglo-Saxon / By the Rev. J. Bosworth.
Bosworth, Joseph, 1787 or 1788-1876.Date: 1808 [i.e. 1838]- Books
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A Catalogue of a large, extensive, and valuable parcel of books, in every science, and in most languages; being the genuine library of George Galwey Mills, Esq. (gone to the West Indies,) removed from Slaughter-House, in the County of Gloucester: amongst which are All the fine Editions of the Greek, Latin, English, Italian, and French Classics. - A most extensive Collection of English History and Topography-Books of Prints-Natural History-Manuscripts on Vellum, &c. In superb and elegant bindings. Which will be sold by auction, By Mr. Jeffery, At No. 11 Pall-Mall, On Monday, the 24th of February, 1800, and the twelve following days, (Sundays excepted.) Beginning each day exactly at one o'clock.
Jeffery, Edward.Date: 1800]