• The Judería de Córdoba is the area in Córdoba that was once densely populated by the Jews, between the 10th and the 15th centuries. (gpsmycity.com)
  • The origins of strapwork are to be found in Italian art at the beginning of the 16th century, and interlacing bandwork or strapwork appeared on bookbindings in Italy and Spain from the mid-15th century into the 16th. (aradergalleries.com)
  • The platform shoes worn by women in Spain and Italy in the 15th to 17th centuries proved to be another important influence. (lu.se)
  • In the 18th century, cocoa plantations grew up along the coast, worked by further importations of African slaves. (wikipedia.org)
  • The industry reached its peak in the 18th century and gained even greater scale with the discovery of the terre flammée. (avignon-et-provence.com)
  • theme, complete with 18th century style masks and costumes. (loscabosagent.com)
  • The first species, Tunga penetrans , was described by Linnaeus in the 18th century ( Pulex penetrans , Linnaeus 1758) ( 3 ), and a second Tunga species, which infects humans ( T. trimamillata ), was taxonomically described by Pampiglione et al. (cdc.gov)
  • During the 18th century, interest in men's shoes waned while other aspects of dress came into focus. (lu.se)
  • This is despite the fact that the 18th century continued to be strongly influenced by notions of the clear links between social status and clothing. (lu.se)
  • It would certainly not be a mistake to think back on this in the 21st century. (goldsilbershop.de)
  • The little church is decorated by frescoes dating back between the 14th and the 19th centuries, depicting sacred images and stories about Saint Francis. (italyguides.it)
  • The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, and existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries. (dbpedia.org)
  • These include floral scrolls, Buddhist emblems, traditional Chinese symbols of blessings, and Chinese characters with auspicious meanings, all of which are also found on Buddhist ritual vessels and implements made from lacquer, gold, silver, and porcelain. (philamuseum.org)
  • A proto-typical Muslim naval razzia occurred in 846 when a fleet of Arab Jihadists arrived at the mouth of the Tiber, made their way to Rome, sacked the city, and carried away from the basilica of St. Peter all of the gold and silver it contained. (islam-watch.org)
  • Between 16th and 17th centuries, the Basilica was built with the aim to enclose and protect the small worship place. (italyguides.it)
  • The items added during the 16th century were the cruciform nave, the transept, and the Main Chapel. (gpsmycity.com)
  • Its Romanesque nave and bell date from the 12th century and the central nave from the 16th and 17th centuries. (avignon-et-provence.com)
  • By the middle of the 16th century not many more than 2,000 Europeans lived in present-day Venezuela. (wikipedia.org)
  • During the 16th and 17th centuries, as many Europeans were captured, sold, and enslaved by the Barbary corsairs as were West Africans made captive and shipped for plantation labor in the Americas by European slave traders. (islam-watch.org)
  • What compelled the Europeans to banish forever the centuries of knowledge accumulated by Mayans? (usahitman.com)
  • is found in classical love poems and was not commonly used to refer to this type of screen until the late nineteenth century. (metmuseum.org)
  • He derived inspiration from the costumes worn at the Tudor and Stuart courts of the late 16th and 17th centuries. (christies.com)
  • Demonstrating a punctilio uncannily similar to that of the Catholic Mass (and there is compelling evidence to suspect that the ceremonial aspects derived from the religious ceremony when it was codified by Sen no Rikyu in the late 16th century), it presents the new-comer with a rather self-conscious whiff of the pious that can be just a little discouraging. (asianartnewspaper.com)
  • Its manufacture is possibly still dated to the late 1500s, or to the very early 17th century, considering that the edit prohibiting the practice of Christianity was issued in 1614. (masterart.com)
  • gilding silver oklad was produced presumably in late 17th century in Kiev. (1stdibs.com)
  • The Mosque was expanded multiple times under Abd al-Rahman's successors up to the late 10th century. (gpsmycity.com)
  • Strapwork was widely popular throughout the late 16th and early 17th centuries, a type of ornament generally employed for borders that was composed of bands with the appearance of having been cut from leather or sheet metal, then twisted and rolled into fantastic shapes. (aradergalleries.com)
  • High heels became an important part of Western male fashion in the late 16th century. (lu.se)
  • Mr. Fregosi found that his book about the history of Islamic Holy War in Europe from the 7th to the 20th centuries was difficult to get published in the mid-1990s, when publishers had the Salman Rushdie case in fresh memory. (islam-watch.org)
  • more often than not, it was done away with altogether, replaced with a lustrous expanse of gold leaf. (catholic.com)
  • Antique Cairene Rug, Origin: Egypt, Circa: 17th Century - Woven in Egypt under imperial Ottoman Turkish rule, Cairene carpets are among the rarest and most luxurious carpets of the classical period. (nazmiyalantiquerugs.com)
  • Unveiling the Haunting Depths: Exploring 16th Century Sicily's Eerie Catacombs, Where Over 8,000 Corpses Line the Haunting Corridors! (cryptolozi.com)
  • Balanced and symmetrical in composition and palette, it compares well with other illumination produced in Central Asia and Iran during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (harvardartmuseums.org)
  • Historically Persian lands - a wide swath of territory that at various times spanned from Cairo to Delhi, with its heart in what is now modern-day Iran - saw centuries of conquest and globalization. (artfixdaily.com)
  • The 14th-century Gate of Forgiveness is next to the bell tower. (gpsmycity.com)
  • At the market, the visitor will most certainly find the famous candied fruit of Apt , a specialty once reserved for the Popes of Avignon in the 14th century. (avignon-et-provence.com)
  • In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (Mezquita Catedral de Cordoba) became the largest structure in the Islamic world. (gpsmycity.com)
  • Yet, by the early seventeenth century, representations of clothing stands (ikō-zu) with lavish garments appear in painted handscrolls and woodblock-printed books. (metmuseum.org)
  • A large number of Portuguese Conversos settled in Spain, where the Inquisition caught up with them in the seventeenth century. (booksandideas.net)
  • In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam, London, Bordeaux and Lübeck became centers of the Sephardic Diaspora. (booksandideas.net)
  • Sawasa are formed by shakudō - copper alloy with gold, silver and arsenic - subsequently lacquered in black urushi and mercury gilt. (masterart.com)
  • Adam Smith once opined, "If the quantity of gold and silver imported into a country exceeds the actual demand, no government, however vigilant, can prevent their export. (goldsilbershop.de)
  • Although the buyer of gold or silver that has already been mined must pay a certain amount for it, the seller receives this amount and can use it to buy consumer or investment goods. (goldsilbershop.de)
  • Explorers from the Habsburg Empire pillaged the Incan and Aztec realms of their gold and silver, but their vandalism against the scientific achievements of the Mayans was immeasurably worse. (usahitman.com)
  • The mind of an inspired artist at work is perhaps most evident in the sumptuous borders, decorated with jewel-like curls in gold or silver, architectural elements, or flowers, fruits, birds, and animals. (aradergalleries.com)
  • The borders are of different types, the simplest being black with gold or silver ornament, some having architectural details embellished by flowers and fruit, and some with a neutral background against which are placed birds, insects, flora and such, all depicted with striking naturalism. (aradergalleries.com)
  • 1] He was alluding to the fact that while the Portuguese and Spanish brought large quantities of precious metals from the Americas to Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, they exchanged them for spices and silk from China and India, among other places. (goldsilbershop.de)
  • During the 16th and 17th centuries cloves were so precious that they were worth more than gold. (rptimes.com)
  • Ariosto da Riva was often described as "the last of the bandeirantes", the violent adventurers who first penetrated the Brazilian Amazon in the 16th century in search of gold. (brazzil.com)
  • Most of this pottery was initially discarded by the Spanish invaders, who looted sacred places, temples, and tombs in their search for gold in the mid-16th century. (cdc.gov)
  • The architectural splendor of the mausoleums, the fort and the palaces is a vivid reminder of the opulence of the legendary Mughal Empire, of which Agra was the capital in the 16th and early 17th centuries. (tourmyindia.com)
  • Ancient parasites of the genus Tunga originated in America and, during the first half of the 19th century, were transported to the Eastern Hemisphere on transatlantic voyages. (cdc.gov)
  • Persian, Feline, 19th century. (artfixdaily.com)
  • Persian, Bottle, 17th century. (artfixdaily.com)
  • An important area of trade and migration, Persian lands served as critical centers of artistic production and influence for centuries, which the exhibition brilliantly highlights through these extraordinary works of art. (artfixdaily.com)
  • The Hossein Afshar Collection, which embraces a diverse range of treasures from the eve of Islam's arrival in the seventh century to the end of the 19th century, was assembled to preserve and share Persian art and culture today and for future generations. (artfixdaily.com)
  • The city is also famous for its carpets, gold thread embroidery and leather shoes. (tourmyindia.com)
  • Women's legs were always covered by long skirts, yet 17th century female fashion was influenced by what men wore in the form of masculine hats and high heels. (lu.se)
  • Accounts of women's history throughout the centuries commonly represent forced and arranged marriages as the rule, and marriages based on love and passion as the exception. (lu.se)
  • These persecutions, of varying intensity depending on the regions and periods, continued until the eighteenth century. (booksandideas.net)
  • The Barbary Jihad piracy had been going on since the earliest Arab-Islamic expansion in the 7th and 8th centuries. (islam-watch.org)
  • Arabic medicine, or Arab-Islamic, mainly refers to all developments achieved in the Age of Khalifs, or the Golden Age of the Arab-Islamic civilization (ca 7th-14th centuries AD). (bvsalud.org)
  • Made from green ribbed silk covered with knotted lace of gold thread and sequins, 1650s. (lu.se)
  • They dug through the top into what felt like "22 inches of metal in pieces (possibly gold coins)," through more wood, and into another 22 inches of metal. (neatorama.com)
  • This shamsa is composed of abstract and floral forms in gold and blue surrounding a plain gold circular center, which has been repainted. (harvardartmuseums.org)
  • Originating from 17th-century Egypt, this fine piece displays a circular medallion in a green field accented by navy blue and earthy red flora. (nazmiyalantiquerugs.com)
  • According to a legend, the Porziuncola was built in the 4th century by a group of hermits from Palestine using stones coming from Monte Subasio. (italyguides.it)
  • Most pre-Hispanic anthropologic evidence originates from Inca predecessors, ancient cultures of Peru that were technologically advanced and developed pottery many centuries before the collapse of the Incan civilization ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Coin World's latest Market Analysis takes a look at an ancient gold coin from the Indian Kushan Empire . (coinworld.com)
  • A plain gold band with D-section and engraved inscription on the interior in cursive script reads: "Hearts United Live Contented. (frieze.com)
  • Tungiasis has been endemic to Peru for at least 14 centuries. (cdc.gov)
  • I had a go at answering this question but the primary source requirement dovetails into a spiral of low-res scans of 200+ page 16th century proto-medical treatises, using some sadist font-setter's idea of a typeface. (stackexchange.com)
  • The toмƄs in Italy outgrew the original ceмetery it was held at in the 16th century, which resulted in мonks excaʋating the crypts Ƅelow. (cryptolozi.com)
  • Palerмo's Capuchin мonastery outgrew its original ceмetery in the 16th century and мonks Ƅegan to excaʋate crypts Ƅelow it. (cryptolozi.com)
  • Restoration works after the 1997 earthquake uncovered the original floor hidden since the 16th century. (italyguides.it)
  • all these dead people in red in the booths, and then the ladies in gold onstage. (looper.com)
  • According to the stock market guru André Kostolany , however, investments in gold are dead capital . (goldsilbershop.de)
  • The skeletons, he learned, were the "catacomb saints," once-revered holy objects regarded by 16th- and 17th-century Catholics as local protectors and personifications of the glory of the afterlife. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Platform shoes, chopines, Italy early 17th century. (lu.se)
  • In the 17th century, they became a luxuriously designed piece of fashion. (lu.se)
  • Bursting from a blue interior into a brilliant red, green, and gold blossom, the guards represent quartered copies of the central medallion. (nazmiyalantiquerugs.com)
  • There are scanty but tantalizing remains of landscapes executed by Roman muralists, but after the triumph of Christian civilization, visual art in the Western world until the 16th or 17th centuries had hardly more than two subjects, usually intertwined: God and man. (catholic.com)
  • When they pulled the drill back to the surface, three links of gold chain were stuck to it. (neatorama.com)