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based on the Greek λινοθώραξ, which means "wearing a breastplate of linen"; A number of ancient Greek and Latin texts from the 6th century BC to the third...

of Turin (Italian: Sindone di Torino), also known as the Holy Shroud (Italian: Sacra Sindone), is a length of linen cloth that bears a faint image of...

University of Arizona in Tucson in 1994–95. There was also a historical test of a piece of linen performed in 1946 by Willard Libby, the inventor of the dating...

Image is a piece of linen cloth depicting the face of Jesus Christ (17.5 cm wide and 24 cm high) that is stored in a church in the village of Manoppello...

" was the face-cloth, or piece of linen laid over a child's head during baptism or christening. Originally, the purpose of the chrisom-cloth was to keep...

to breathe, with a torn piece of linen around his neck that was tied to the leg of his bunk bed. After the officer cut the linen, Koppenhaver's vitals stabilized...

the German army during the Franco-German War. It consisted of a three-sided piece of linen or cotton, the base measuring 120 cm (47 in) and the sides...

as a linen finish would be achieved by placing a piece of linen between the plate and the sheet of paper, or else an embossed steel roll might be used...

Christian The Father of his People The Founder of the English MONARCHY and LIBERTY". A chrisom was the face-cloth or piece of linen laid over a child's...

as "parchment fold"), a low relief carving formed like a sheet of paper or piece of linen folded in half and then spread out with the sharp centered fold...

respectively) in 1912. One of the critical finds from KV54 was a piece of linen marked with hieratic text saying "The good god, Lord of the Two Lands, Nebkheperure...

creating a single book block. Often a piece of linen is glued to the book block spine for further support. The spine of the volume sometimes is rounded and...

depicted a piece of linen folded in two. The fraction ⁠2/3⁠ was represented by the glyph for a mouth with 2 (different sized) strokes. The rest of the fractions...

elegance. Later in the century, the border was replaced by a single piece of linen or scrim, which took over the stuffed seat and tacked to the frame....

and hand towels are usually made of cotton, linen, bamboo and synthetic microfibers. In households, several types of towels are used, such as hand towels...

initial test performed in 1950 was on a piece of linen from one of the caves. This test gave an indicative dating of 33 CE plus or minus 200 years, eliminating...

south of Cairo in Egypt where it was excavated in 1913, is an over 5000 year old linen garment that was confirmed as the world's oldest piece of woven...

maniple as already used by Jews at the time of Jesus. Originally, the maniple was likely a piece of linen which clerics used to wipe their faces and hands...

Scarves can be made from materials including wool, linen, silk, and cotton. It is a common type of neckwear and a perennial accessory. Scarves have been...

techniques date an object of popular interest, for example, the Shroud of Turin, a piece of linen cloth thought by some to bear an image of Jesus Christ after...