Sedarot
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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1997
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Sedarot. Portions of the
Pentateuch read in the Jewish
synagogue on the
Sabbath. Each sidrah (sing.) has a distinctive name taken from the first important word in the text. The Pentateuch is divided into fifty-four sedarot so that the entire work is read each year.
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A royal gift: the 1826 porcelain jewel cabinet.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 9/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...and supervised by the diligent and ambitious Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847),(10) the guiding force at...fashionable architect and ornamental designer Alexandre Theodor Brongniart (1739-1813), the younger Brongniart was...
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Serves extraordinaire in Detroit.(MUSEUM accessions)(Detroit Institute of Arts' Sevres collection)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...at auction in Paris in 1826 by Alexandre Brongniart, director of the Sevres factory...large part due to the talents of Brongniart, who discontinued the manufacture...experimentation continued. In 1844 Brongniart published engravings demonstrating...
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Christmas Books: Designs for living Paul Johnson recommends some sumptuous books about ornamental objects
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/7/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Top marks go to The Sevres Porcelain Manufactory: Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847...policy of restoring French greatness, appointed Brongniart to run the firm. This remarkable man combined excellent...
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Sculpture exhibit offers taste of American history.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 6/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...slits around the sides that admitted rays of light." "The sculptures of two children in the show _ Alexandre Brongniart and Louise Brongniart _ are examples," she said. "The little boy's eyes, which were blue, capture the light. The...
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Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes: New Translations and Interpretations of the Primary Texts.
Magazine article from: American Scientist; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Equally important was Cuvier's stratigraphy: With Alexandre Brongniart, he recognized the sequence of stratified rock...manuscripts. The two most important texts are Cuvier and Brongniart's 1808 "Essay on the Mineral Geography of the...
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Reign of Terroir.(the factors that influence Champagne quality)
Magazine article from: Natural History; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the founders of geology conducted their explorations. Baron Georges Cuvier, the anatomist, and mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart traced both a soft white chalk formation that extends from Paris into the Champagne region and an older, greenish...
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The London season: Royal porcelain.(FARTHER afield)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Napoleon I and subsequently given to George IV by Louis XVIII, reveals that such royal exchanges continued even after Alexandre Brongniart reorganized the factory in 1800. Its meticulously painted medallion portrait busts and tooled, burnished gilding...
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Reign of terrior
Magazine article from: Natural History; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the founders of geology conducted their explorations. Baron Georges Cuvier, the anatomist, and mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart traced both a soft white chalk formation that extends from Paris into the Champagne region and an older, greenish...
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The French Revolution and the round houses of Pierre-Adrien Paris (1745-1819).(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...employed the considerable talents of such individuals as Jean-Baptiste Rondelet, Jean-Francois Chalgrin, Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart, Antoine-Leon Vaudoyer, Jacques-Guillaume Legrand, Antoine-Francois Peyre, and Pierre A. F. Bonnet...
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Top drawings.(Connoisseur's World)(Salon du Dessin)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Town & Country; 2/1/2004; ; 604 words
; ...shows, such as the Carnavalet's presentation of works on paper by the architect of the stock exchange, Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart; the Cognacq-Jay's interior-decoration drawings; and the Bibliotheque Nationale's Renaissance collection...
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Alexandre Brongniart
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alexandre Brongniart , 1770-1847, French geologist, mineralogist, and chemist. As...mineralogy at the Museum of Natural History in Paris from 1822-47. Brongniart established basic principles of ceramic chemistry in his Traité...
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Brongniart, Alexandre
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Brongniart, Alexandre ( b . Paris, France, 5 February...7 October 1847) geology . Brongniart was the son of the distinguished Parisian architect Alexandre-Th é odore Brongniart (1739 – 1813) and...
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Brongniart, Alexandre-Théodore
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Brongniart, Alexandre-Théodore (1739–...which the pyramid stood. From 1804 Brongniart worked on the designs for Pè...Bibliography Builder (1980); Brongniart (1986); Eriksen (1974); Etlin...
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Brongniart, Adolphe-Théodore
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Brongniart, Adolphe-Th é odore ( b . Paris, France...paleobotany, plant anatomy, plant taxonomy . The son of Alexandre Brongniart, the eminent geologist, Brongniart was trained by his father and at an early age collaborated...
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Adolphe Théodore Brongniart
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Adolphe Théodore Brongniart , 1801-76, French botanist; son of Alexandre Brongniart. He was a pioneer in the study of plant morphology and physiology and was author of an important work on plant fossils (1828-37) and of a valuable...
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