Periaktoi
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Periaktoi, scenic devices used in the Roman, and perhaps earlier in the Hellenistic, theatre. According to
Vitruvius, they were triangular prisms set on each side of the stage which could be revolved on their axes to indicate a change of scene, each of their three surfaces bearing an indication of a locality, as waves for the sea, ships for a harbour, trees for a wood. The publication of Vitruvius's treatise in 1511 led to the adoption and improvement of the
periaktoi by Renaissance theatre architects, particularly by
Bastiano da San Gallo (1481–1551), who increased their size and their number, placing several one behind the other on each side of the stage, and providing removable painted canvas panels for each of the three faces of the prism, so as to make possible a greater number of variations in the scenery. These improved
periaktoi were later known as
telari.
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Sen. Lugar Introduces Resolution Regarding Degradation of Jordan River, Dead Sea
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Jordan River
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
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Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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Jordan, David Starr
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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Jordan, Edwin Oakes
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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