Clydesdale horse
Clydesdale horse breed of draft horse developed in Scotland. It closely resembles the Shire horse , although it is not as heavy. The Clydesdale is characterized by its graceful, springy step. Initially imported by the United States from Canada, the breed became widely popular owing to its good disposition. It was particularly favored by merchants, who used it to spectacular advantage in the transportation of commercial goods. It is still retained today by horse buffs and private patrons. It averages about 16 hands (64 in./160 cm) high, weighs around 1,800 lb (800 kg), and is characteristically colored rich brown or bay. It has white markings on the face and on the legs, which have luxurious feathering around the fetlocks.
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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antiques: How those cute cherubs were made to suffer; Christopher Proudlove looks at pete-sur-pete - a cameo-effect decoration on ceramics - and how master potter Louis Solon perfected the technique.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 4/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...actually made by the master himself. Examples of the work of Alboin Birks, Solon's top apprentice, also sell at a premium...who later went to work for Woods and Sons, and Wedgwood, and Alboin and Laurence Birks who produced some stunning pieces. A number...
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Jack Palance
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 12/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...gedreht hatte, genau dort, in Cinecitt oder auch anderswo. Godard wusste genauer Bescheid; vielleicht hatte er Palance als "Alboin, Knig der Langobarden" gesehen, als "Revak, der Sklave von Karthago", in dem Bibelfilm "Barabbas" oder in "Die Mongolen...
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Celebrating Mitteleuropa: letter from Cividale.(Italy)
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 9/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and legend. The town's heyday was between the sixth and the 15th centuries, when Lombard kings with fantastic names like Alboin, Cleft, Agilulph, and Liudprand held sway in the area. They were followed by Frankish patriarchs named Popp, Eberard...
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Eleonora Rossi-Drago
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 1/3/2008; ; 580 words
; ...Liebe, Frauen und Soldaten", 1953), im 18. Jahrhundert ("Napoleon", 1954) oder zur Zeit der Vlkerwanderung ("Alboin, Knig der Langobarden", 1961) spielten. In Julien Duviviers Literaturverfilmung "Der Fall Maurizius" (1953) ist sie...
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 "Capital (Annapolis)")
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Barbarians conquer History Channel
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 3/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...descends upon Gaul, setting the stage for his son's savage conquest over Roman and Visigoth armies. And in "The Lombards," Alboin breaks through the Roman defense in Italy in the sixth century and surrounds Rome. He also forces his wife to drink from her...
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 "Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)")
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Queen Victoria purchased dessert set
Newspaper article from: Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 9/27/2007; 426 words
; ...by Victorian designer and writer, Dr Christopher Dresser. Other artists in the historic collection include Henry Stacey Marks, John Moyr Smith, Alboin Birks, Thomas Allen, William Stephen Coleman, Williams Musill and John Wadsworth.
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Charlemagne in Italy.
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...assuming the title of king of the Lombards he showed that it was not his object to destroy the nationality of the countrymen of Alboin, nor to force them into one people with the Franks, Had his own son Pippin lived and transmitted his sceptre to his descendants...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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Soave coming of age.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 6/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...personal white wine hit parade. The word Soave originated with the Suevians, an ancient Germanic people led into the region by Alboin the Lombard King. The two main indigenous grapes in Soave have evolved, over centuries, into a perfect marriage with the...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Fair bowls you over; ANTIQUES Richard Edmonds visits the first of the new season Antiques For Everyone events.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/10/1999; 700+ words
; ...Antiques, where Peter Frost-Kelsey drew my attention to a fine example of Minton's pate-sur-pate ware made for Mintons by Alboin Birks around the turn of the century. Fashioned to resemble a wine jug, these beautiful pieces were apparently thick with...
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Minton's archive offered for sale
Newspaper article from: Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 5/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...quality this is an unrivalled treasure trove." Other artists in the collection include Henry Stacey Marks, John Moyr Smith, Alboin Birks, Thomas Allen, William Stephen Coleman, Williams Musill and John Wadsworth. Will you fight to keep the collection...
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Alboin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alboin , d. 572?, first Lombard king in Italy (569-572?). With the Avars he defeated the Gepidae (see Germans ). He then led...
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Rosamond
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...fl. c.570, wife of the Lombard king Alboin . The daughter of King Kunimund of the Gepidae, a Germanic people, she was captured by Alboin, who had defeated and killed her father. When Alboin forced her to drink from a cup made from...
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Lombards
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...modern Hungary and E Austria). In 568, under the leadership of Alboin , they invaded N Italy and established a kingdom with Pavia...Peter (see Papal States ) were kept by the papacy. After Alboin's death (572?) and the brief reign of Cleph (d. 575...
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Witch, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...Middleton , written before 1616, not printed until 1778. The plot concerns the revenge exacted by Rosamund in 572 on her husband Alboin, ruler of Lombardy, who has forced her to drink from a cup made from her father's skull. She calls on the assistance of...
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Authari
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Lombard king (584-90). Elected by the Lombard dukes to end the anarchy that prevailed in Italy after the murder (572?) of Alboin (see Lombards ), Authari consolidated Lombard power in N Italy and repelled several Frankish invasions instigated by the popes...
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