Bovidae
Bovidae (oxen, antelopes, gazelles, sheep, goats; infra-order Pecora, super-family Bovoidea) The largest by far of the artiodactyl families, including cattle, bison, musk-ox, sheep, goats, antelopes, and allied groups, descended from the
Oligocene Traguloidea. They appeared as a distinct type in the
Miocene and a major diversification followed. Most are grazers but some are browsers. Horns, present in the male and often in the female, are covered with
keratin and are not shed. The feet have two or four digits. Bovidae are of world-wide distribution. The family includes
Bison bison (N. American bison),
Bison bonasus (European wisent, sometimes known, incorrectly, as the ‘aurochs’),
Bos taurus (all breeds of European cattle),
Bos indicus (Zebu cattle),
Bos grunniens (yak),
Capra (goats, domesticated breeds being descended from
C. aegagrus, the pasang),
Ovis (sheep, descended from several wild members of the genus),
Ovibos moschatus (musk-ox),
Tragelaphus (formerly
Taurotragus) oryx (eland),
Aepyceros melampus (impala), and
Saiga tatarica (the saiga antelope of Siberia) and others, generally lumped as ‘antelopes’, but forming a number of different subfamilies. In all there are 44 genera.
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Brazil's lavish savagery Art
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Holy Family and saints who concentrate this...originality of pose - in Saint John Nepomuk a cherub indicates the...hand, he holds onto the saint's robe. Brazilians...carvings. Several black saints are commemorated - witness...
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Czech it out; There's more to beautiful Prague than you may think.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...sightseers. The walls of the 13th century bridge feature 75 statues of saints. Visitors jostle to touch the sculpture of tragic Saint John of Nepomuk and make a wish. The popular saint drowned after being thrown from the bridge by King Wenceslaus IV...
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Flooding in Europe takes a very real toll on people's lives.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...not Vltava River water, to make its sharp, slightly bitter lager. A bitter irony, too, that Saint John of Nepomuk, Bohemia's patron saint and the town's protector against floods, was drowned in the Vltava six centuries ago. A statue...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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Holidays: 48 HOURS IN Prague.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 7/18/2004; 700+ words
; ...the daily crowds of tourists traversing the spectacular Charles Bridge (pictured) lined with statues of saints, including St John Nepomuk, thrown into the river on the orders of King Wenceslas for refusing to betray the queen to him. If you...
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Travel: 48 hours IN Prague.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 7/18/2004; 700+ words
; ...might beat the daily crowds of tourists traversing the spectacular Charles Bridge, lined with statues of saints, including St John Nepomuk, thrown into the river on the orders of King Wenceslas for refusing to betray the queen to him. If you...
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On the Edge of the Inside: The Prophetic Position
Magazine article from: Tikkun; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...ONE IS STRUCK, IN THE STUDY OF SAINTS, angels, and gods, by a pattern...guardian angels, and Catholic saints like St. John Nepomuk, St. Christopher, and even...Jesus says the same of himself in John's Gospel (10:7) where he...
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Dean Acheson Remembered
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/11/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...600th anniversary of the death of John of Nepomuk, a patron saint of Bohemia who is popular among...1350 in Pomuk, later called Nepomuk, he had a distinguished career...Prague. The stamp shows the saint carrying a cross, with the bridge...
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Weekend: Travel: Prague: open for business; Floods created havoc in Prague when the River Vltava burst its banks, but Dan Mason finds plenty to enjoy in a city gradually returning to normal.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/28/2002; 700+ words
; ...worn statues, many paused below the figure of St John of Nepomuk - the patron saint of Czechs - and reached over to touch the bronze...adjacent statue of St Jude Thaddaeus, the patron saint of lost causes, but thought he might not see the...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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Czech out Springtime in Prague; Go for it Ian Leonard finds a long hidden gem at its beautiful best.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 3/26/2002; 700+ words
; ...many of them queueing to touch the statue of St John of Nepomuk, a Catholic saint, said to bring good luck. Having negotiated the...Wencelas of Christmas carol fame and a modern Czech saint. Vaclav was actually only a duke, but led the...
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Notes and comments
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Jewel in Their Crown': St. John Neumann and the Establishment...and "The Several Lives of St. John Nepomuk" by Paul Shore of Saint Louis University. Chair/discussant...by Raymond E Bulman of St. John's University. The session...
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Saint John of Nepomuk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint John of Nepomuk , d. 1393, patron saint of Bohemia, a martyr. He is also called John Nepomucen. He was vicar general of Bohemia...convert an abbey into a cathedral, St. John opposed him, in spite of torture. The...
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John of Nepomuk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John of Nepomuk see John of Nepomuk, Saint .
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St John
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...John3 there are a number of other saints of this name. St John Chrysostom ( c. 347–...feast day is 27 January. St John of God (1495–1550...His feast day is 8 March. St John of Nepomuk ( c. 1345–93...
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