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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[...
14: ...tionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
36: This seemed to Marie to be the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [...
49: ...eith]] on [[August 19]], [[1561]]. She was still only 18 and, despite her talents, her upbringing had ...
57: ...English royal blood, any child Mary would bear Darnley would have an extremely strong claim to both Ma... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
8: ...croll]]s (''volumen'' in Latin) or [[book]]s (''[[codex]], codices''). Manuscripts were produced on [[ve...
30: *[[Codex]] - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
4: ...the time created a form of simple book called a [[codex]] by folding sheets of vellum or parchment in hal...
28: ...magazines will be the same as the inner pages or only slightly heavier.
49: * A ''codex'' is a set of folios nested together and sewn thr...
57: ...ere trimmed, so the sizes given are rough values only. - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
1: ... strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like ...
3: ...d, for many areas and time periods, they are the only surviving examples of painting. - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...editerranean| Mediterranean]] region, as well as inland parts of [[Europe]] and south-west [[Asia]].
15: ...d by the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]], but has only been partially excavated.
17: ...shioned. Early Christian writers soon adopted the codex form, and in the Gr棯-Roman world it became comm... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
29: ... center. The standardization effort consisted mainly of combining these two (Roman and [[Gallican cha...
36: ...uence, if only from the music of the synagogue. Only the smallest of scraps of ancient music have sur...
50: ...this period include the [[Musica Enchiriadis]], [[Codex Calixtinus]] of [[Santiago de Compostela]], and t...
55: ...ent Rome|Roman]] drama with Christian stories--mainly the Gospel, the Passion, and the lives of the sa...
63: ...]]ic notation first appeared in western music, mainly a context-based method of rhythmic notation know... - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
5: ...Europe]], and since the Church was virtually the only source of education, Latin was a common language...
7: ...wulf]]'', the [[Middle High German]] ''[[Nibelungenlied]]'', and the [[Old French]] ''[[Chanson de Rol...
10: ...edieval literature is [[anonymous]]. This is not only due to the lack of documents from a period, but ...
22: ...rm used by some clerics to express dissent. The only widespread religious writing that was not produc...
32: ... distinguished from the ''chanson de geste'' not only by its subject matter, but also by its emphasis ... - Food (24212 bytes)
108: ...nsport|transportation]]. Early food processing mainly involved [[salting (food)|salting]], [[curing]],...
138: ...th and safety, the WTO refer the dispute to the [[Codex Alimentarius]] Commission, which was founded in [...
148: ...luence over consumers. Nevertheless, in [[2000]] only 19% of all US consumer expenditure spent on food...
166: [[Foodborne illness]], commonly called "food poisoning," is caused by [[bacteriu...
172: Less commonly, acute adverse reactions can also occur if chemi... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...uring the daytime, making it one of only two heavenly bodies that can be seen both day and night (the ...
7: The adjective ''Venusian'' is commonly used for Venus, but it is etymologically incorre...
14: ...nds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
16: ...ght back into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bol...
18: ... of force against obstructions. The clouds are mainly composed of [[sulfur dioxide]] and [[sulfuric ac... - Calf (588 bytes)
3: ...'Calves''' are young [[animal]]s. The term is mainly used for [[cattle]], although [[whale]]s and [[e...
5: ...]]. Fine calf skin used for [[page]]s in early [[codex]]es is called [[pergamon]]. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
18: ...ld, hence the name bestowed on this era. We have only hints of the advanced [[painting]] of the classi...
33: ...n, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the great Maya ...
37: ...pliable enough to be worked with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In additio...
41: ... as actual stone carvings used as a facade. Commonly, these would continue uninterrupted around an en...
48: These were commonly limestone platforms of typically less than four ... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
5: ...e|Kingdom of Castile]] in Spain in [[1485]], the only child of Martín Cortés and Catalina Pizarro Al...
12: ... Governor Velázquez forbade him to invade the mainland (a privilege he reserved for himself), but cal...
18: ... Mexica/Aztecs), and a dialect of Nahautl spoken only to and in front of the Mexica/Aztec emperor.
24: ... the Governor of Cuba. Cortés then led his band inland towards the fabled Tenochtitlán.
33: ... was one of the largest in the world; in Europe, only Constantinople was larger. The most common estim... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
9: ...someone who comes from [[Aztlán]]", a place commonly believed to be located in northern Mexico or the...
11: Ironically, the [[Aubin Codex]] relates that after leaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopo...
22: ...ean empires, it was ethnically very diverse, but unlike most European empires, it was more a system of...
27: ...ered economically under the Aztec conqueror, and only at first. This increase in the overall welfare w...
59: ...nochtitlan itself had an estimated population of only 80,000 to 120,000 at that time. It is possible ... - Pergamon (4084 bytes)
11: ...e Pergamenes invented a new substance to use in [[codex|codices]], called ''pergaminus'' or [[parchment]]... - Cadmium (10755 bytes)
173: ...) and most of the remaining one-fourth is used mainly for [[Cadmium pigments|pigments]], coatings and ...
186: ...calamine) and for 100 years Germany remained the only important producer of the metal. The metal was n...
188: ...um iodide]] was used as a [[medicine]] to treat "enlarged joints, scrofulous glands, and chilblains".
194: ...sumption, are produced from secondary sources, mainly from dust generated by recycling [[iron]] and [[...
211: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/48.html Los Alamos National Laborato... - Roman law (15349 bytes)
4: ...broader sense, one may say that Roman law is not only the legal system of ancient Rome but the law tha...
12: ...rmularies are said to have been secret and known only to the priests. Their publication made it possib...
21: ...ssical jurists are too numerous to mention here. Only a few examples are given here:
38: ...[138]]) to Justinian himself. This code, called [[Codex Iustinianus]] (in English: the Code), was publish...
40: ...nt source of information on classical Roman law. Only very few traces of the classical writings have s... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
23: ...he [[Ishango Bone]] dated 25,000 years ago could only show [[Tally marks|tallies]] in [[mathematical n...
26: ...5]] AD in China. It was brought to Western world only in the [[13th century]].
27: *The [[codex]] or [[book]] of medieval times allowed ''random ...
51: ...riment]].) Without this information, it is very unlikely that Einstein would have conceived of anythi...
55: ...rb from materials that are being burned. It was only several years later that [[Antoine Lavoisier]] f... - Maya (24836 bytes)
18: ...ld, hence the name bestowed on this era. We have only hints of the advanced [[painting]] of the classi...
33: ...n, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the great Maya ...
37: ...pliable enough to be worked with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In additio...
41: ... as actual stone carvings used as a facade. Commonly, these would continue uninterrupted around an en...
48: These were commonly limestone platforms of typically less than four ... - Maya hieroglyphics (3466 bytes)
1: ...iously painted on ceramics, walls or bark-paper [[codex|codices]], carved in wood or stone, or molded in ...
7: Only four [[Maya codices]] are known to survive to mo...
16: What was only widely recognized as a major breakthrough in ret... - Maya codices (899 bytes)
1: '''Maya codices''' (singular ''[[codex]]'') are [[book]]s written by the [[pre-Columbian...
5: Only three codices and a fragment of a fourth survive...
7: ...e Madrid Codex, also known as the Tro-Cortesianus Codex
8: * The Dresden Codex
9: * The Paris Codex, also known as the Peresianus Codex
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