Términos

East Central German dialects that emerged during the medieval German Ostsiedlung migration from about 1100. It is characterized by a rounding of the vowels and the weakening of consonants of Standard German.

Ceramic ware manufactured since the mid-18th century in Thuringia, Germany. The works consists of predominently hard-paste porcelain tableware, often in a Baroque style.

Species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family, native to eastern North America, growing to 20 m (65 feet) tall. It is the most common and probably the hardiest of the arborvitae. Its trunk is sometimes forked near the ground into several main stems covered with reddish brown bark. The cones have 8 to 10 scales, of which only four are usually fertile. Most cultivated varieties are narrow, densely pyramidal shrubs, and many have interesting variations in foliage color.

Family of flowering plants containing around 50 genera and 900 species, varying according to different classifications.

Family of trees and perennial herbs or lianas, with 46–50 genera and 891 species. The family occurs worldwide, although rarely in really cold areas, and is especially common in tropical Africa and Australia.

A cosmopolitan family of flowering plants, mostly trees and shrubs, composed of 50 genera and 898 species established in 1789 by French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.

Altar que se levanta en el centro de la orquesta del teatro griego.

Tipo de quemador de incienso de la antigua Grecia o pequeño altar de bronce, plata o terracotta para incienso; el humo perfumado del incienso salía a través de aberturas decorativas. Los thymiateria fueron ademas de objetos funcionales, también pudieron haber sido colocados en tumbas como ofrendas funerarias.

A crystalline phenol first isolated in 1719, formerly much used as a fungicide and disinfectant in conservation of works of art. While it is effective as a mold and mildew inhibitor, thymol dissolves oil paints and varnishes over time, and discolors paper to which it has been applied.

Staffs culminating in an ornament such as a pine cone and sometimes decorated with ivy or wine leaves. In Greek mythology, the staff belonged to Dionysos and his followers. These were used as sacred instruments during religious rituals and celebrations.

Members of an order containing over 5,000 species of tiny, slender insects with fringed wings.

Members of an order of containing approximately 370 species of small primitive, wingless insects having three slender, bristlelike appendages at the tip of the abdomen.

Flautas traveseras chinas de bambú que tienen además de los orificios digitales regulares, uno extra cerca de la boquilla, cubierto por una membrana que vibra durante su ejecución, produciendo un timbre característico de zumbido

Hermana de uno de los padres o esposa de un hermano de los mismos.

Describe la cultura de un pueblo precolombino asociado a un yacimiento arqueológico del oeste de Bolivia. Fue la capital de un imperio que floreció entre los años 300 y 1000 d.C. 

Refers to the culture, style, and period associated with the reign of the emperor T'ie-chi, 1621-1627. The style is characterized by polychrome and blue and white wares with Japanese motifs designed to please Japanese tastes.

Meaning literally to prop and rotate (Kroll 2015 453, 479), the term tiao‘wo, as most scholars believe, is a noun that refers to a component in the timber frame structure, used in the interior of a building with an open-frame roof structure (cheshang mingzao 徹上明造; i.e. without a ceiling). Tiao'wo appears in the Yingzao fashi (1103) four times (YZFS 2009, 1.8a, 4.6a, 6.9b, 18.7a). There are two types of tiao'wo. (1) As a part of a component, tiao'wo refers to the upward end of a xia'ang in a bujian puzuo. This kind of tiaowo is also called angwei tiaowo 昂尾挑斡 by some scholars. Sometimes it can also refer to the upward end of a shuatou. (2) As a separate component, tiaowo refers to an oblique element without pointed shape, a particular form of xia'ang. Some scholars believe this is the angting tiaowo mentioned in Yingzao fashi (Zhu 2018).

Tipo de ornamento para la cabeza utilizado por las mujeres, generalmente miembros de la realeza o de la nobleza, en ocasiones solemnes o de estado. Por lo general, tiene la forma de una banda vertical curvada (menos que semicircular) con un pico central, incrustado con un diamante u otras piedras preciosas. El término se aplicó originalmente a los tocados utilizados por los antiguos persas, siendo ahora también aplicado a la corona triple del Papa.