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Wroxeter Wroxeter
Wroxeter. 5 miles east of Shrewsbury was the Romano-British town of Viroconium Cornoviorum, the civitas of the Cornovii, where Watling Street crossed the Severn. The original settlement was a fortress, manned at first by legio XIV and, after ad 66, by legio XX. When the army left in ad 90 to move to... Read more
catastrophism catastrophism
catastrophism , in geology, the doctrine that at intervals in the earth's history all living things have been destroyed by cataclysms (e.g., floods or earthquakes) and replaced by an entirely different population. During these cataclysms the features of the earth's surface, such as mountains and... Read more
Mary Douglas Leakey Mary Douglas Leakey
Mary Douglas Leakey 1913-96, British archaeologist, b. London as Mary Douglas Nicol; wife of Louis Leakey and mother of Richard Leakey . She had little formal education, but a fascination with archaeology led to her supervising her first dig in England in 1934. Several years after she met Louis... Read more
Vale Press Vale Press
Vale Press celebrated British establishment for fine printing. It was one of the presses founded in London in 1896 during the revival of the art and craft of making books. The Vale type and the other types (Avon and King's Fount) used by the Vale Press were designed and the printing of Vale Press... Read more
sketch sketch
sketch a rapidly executed kind of pictorial note-taking. The sketch is not usually intended as an autonomous work of art, although many have been considered masterpieces in their own right. Used extensively in the planning of large, complex projects, the sketch allows the artist to visualize... Read more
brownie brownie
brownie in Celtic folklore, household spirit associated with farmsteads. Brownies help with chores, but, if criticized, they will make mischief, such as spoiling crops. If payment other than food is offered a brownie, he vanishes from a farm forever.... Read more
Britomartis Britomartis
Britomartis , in ancient religion and mythology, Cretan goddess, sometimes identified with Artemis. To escape the amorous pursuit of Minos, she jumped into the sea, but fishermen caught her in their nets and transported her to Aegina, where she was worshiped as Aphaea. According to another legend,... Read more

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