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  • Thumbnail for Vault (architecture)
    In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with...
    45 KB (6,276 words) - 08:56, 25 April 2024
  • plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be...
    17 KB (2,117 words) - 16:56, 24 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Royal cypher
    cypher surmounted with a Tudor Crown King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the Crown of Scotland King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the...
    18 KB (1,781 words) - 19:43, 7 May 2024
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    with a white label and an inescutcheon of the Principality of Wales, surmounted by the heir apparent's crown, and with the motto Ich dien (German: [ɪç...
    244 KB (19,534 words) - 00:38, 19 May 2024
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    such as teak, pine or deodar. They were shod with iron at the bottom and surmounted with a flag about 250 mm square in size. Nowadays they are made of wood...
    2 KB (294 words) - 00:31, 16 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for St. Peter's Basilica
    feature was maintained in the ultimate design. Bramante's dome was to be surmounted by a lantern with its own small dome but otherwise very similar in form...
    118 KB (13,844 words) - 11:57, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Order of the Companions of Honour
    the order is in the form of an oval medallion, surmounted by a royal crown (but, until recently, surmounted by an imperial crown), and with a rectangular...
    21 KB (779 words) - 10:17, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Order of the Garter
    Garter and surmounted by a crown. The badge for the secretary shows two crossed quills in front of a rose and encircled by the Garter surmounted by a crown...
    61 KB (6,074 words) - 21:52, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kek (mythology)
    scene, Ka-Kekui has the head of a frog surmounted by a beetle and Kait-Kekuit has the head of a serpent surmounted by a disk. In the Greco-Roman period...
    6 KB (518 words) - 23:41, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Philippine Revolutionary Army
    diagonally crossed pickax and shovel, surmounted by a sun. General staff: A five-pointed star within a wreath surmounted by a sun. Artillery: Crossed field...
    38 KB (3,046 words) - 21:55, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Romanesque architecture
    doorways are usually surmounted by a semi-circular arch, except where a door with a lintel is set into a large arched recess and surmounted by a semi-circular...
    132 KB (16,405 words) - 04:14, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Serekh
    rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a...
    14 KB (1,907 words) - 22:02, 21 December 2023
  • down surmounted by a royal crown. In the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the insignia for a sergeant is three chevrons, worn point down surmounted by a...
    95 KB (10,192 words) - 17:12, 19 May 2024
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    representations of the footprint of the Buddha, the Triratna is usually also surmounted by the Dhamma wheel. The Triratna can be found on frieze sculptures at...
    5 KB (440 words) - 23:34, 30 November 2023
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    head. The emblem was a long stem with a seven-petal flower on top and surmounted by a pair of horns; the archaic form had seven petals (the vertical shaft...
    10 KB (1,157 words) - 13:03, 19 May 2024
  • the centre), cap badge (crossed sword and baton within a laurel wreath, surmounted by a crown in gold embroidery) and cap visor (two rows of gold oakleaf...
    40 KB (3,993 words) - 07:16, 4 May 2024
  • Wylie: dbu-zha bja-rog-chen) is worn by the Kings of Bhutan. It is a hat surmounted by the head of a raven. The hereditary monarchy of the Wangchuck dynasty...
    3 KB (320 words) - 07:15, 4 March 2024
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    Gules charged with the crown of Charlemagne Or, the whole escutcheon surmounted by a crown. Baker, Kenneth (2005). "George IV: a Sketch". History Today...
    60 KB (6,603 words) - 11:43, 18 May 2024
  • lower part of the sculpture symbolises the stylised footballers and is surmounted by a hand-embossed slab. A musical theme for the competition, the Anthem...
    76 KB (5,691 words) - 09:29, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Papal cross
    not part of the traditional papal insignia. However, at least one staff surmounted with a papal cross does exist. Symbolism connected with the papal powers...
    3 KB (214 words) - 17:28, 24 July 2023
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