Katakumby monasteru supraskiego by Antoni Mironowicz

“…Some of the people buried in the catacombs were transferred to the altar part of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1644. …”
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THE GIANT BOOK OF DETECTIVE STORIES / by Van Thal, Bertie Maurice, 1904–1983, editor 640988

“…-- The Eye of Apollo -- A Matter of Goblins -- The Woman in the Big Hat -- BOOK THREE -- Goldfish -- The Girl with the Red-Gold Hair -- Mr Bovey's Unexpected Will -- The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express -- The Alibi -- The Evidence of the Altar-Boy -- The Judge Corroborates…”

Un «Lignum Crucis» en el Convento: La Cruz de Jerusalén by Miguel Écija Rioja

“…La cruz fue trasladada desde su emplazamiento original hasta un altar donde hoy se venera el Corazón de Jesús. Se conocía como “La Cruz de Jerusalén”.…”
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Lennart Sjögrens »Bernt Notke« by Peter Hultsberg

“…The educational task wherein Sjögren with his transformation of the altar piece offers his services is not only a concern of the poet, but also to embrace the reader’s commitment. …”
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Catholic Church Interiors in Fin-de-Siècle Literature by Claire Masurel-Murray

“…It focuses on two aspects of church architecture and decoration that are foregrounded in fin-de-siècle poetry and fiction—and were highly polemical in the late Victorian context because of their association with the Ritualist controversy and with ‘Romishness’: the eastward position, i.e. the celebration of the Eucharist on a stone altar fixed to the back of the chancel rather than on a wooden communion table facing the congregation; and altar candles, which were condemned in anti-ritualist pamphlets as both pagan and ‘popish’. …”
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The Shattered Dream. The Prophecies of Joel: A Bridge between Ezekiel and Haggai? by Tova Ganzel

“…Using a linguistic-topical examination, this article suggests that Joel’s prophecies reflect the historical reality in the land of Israel immediately following Cyrus’ Declaration (538 BCE); namely, the early days of the restoration period, preceding the building of the Temple, and perhaps even of the altar. From this perspective Joel fills the lacuna in prophetic literature between Ezekiel, whose latest prophecies date to c. 570 BCE, and Haggai and Zechariah, whose earliest prophecies date to the second year of Darius’ reign, 520 BCE.…”
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Imperial Connotations in Roman Church Interiors. The Significance and Effect of the Lateran Fastigium by Sible De Blaauw

“…The fastigium was a pediment surmounted by silver statues and supported by four bronze columns, standing as a linear structure in front of the altar of the basilica. In contrast to other objects of imperial largitio donated to the Christian churches, the fastigium was recognized from the very beginning as an explicit monument of imperial presence. …”
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La muerte en las letras y en otros escenarios...Necrología del 2014 by Norma Esther García Meza

“…Nunca antes habíamos tenido a tantos poetas, escritores, pensadores, luchadores sociales, pintores, fotógrafos, periodistas, músicos, cantantes, coreógrafos, bailarines, actores, actrices y, reciente y lamentablemente, estudiantes, a quienes dedicar nuestro altar.…”
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Beyond ambivalence: the new challenge of feminism by Nancy Fraser

“…Shifting from an analysis focused on economic redistribution to one founded on recognition of differences, feminism has sacrificed the critique of neoliberalism on the altar of women's emancipation. In order to break the tie with neoliberalism, Fraser proposes a new conception of social justice that links the principle of non-domination with those of social protection and solidarity.…”
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New Inscriptions from Tyraion and Philomelion by Murat Arslan, Nuray Gökalp

“…The first inscription is an altar-shaped dedication to Zeus. The others are funerary inscriptions of which two [No. 2 and 4] are marble stelai with triangular pediments and [No. 3] is of the doorstone type. …”
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IMF Changing of the Guard : Sorry Tale of Leadership Transition by Lai, Jikon

“…Instead, liberal values such as meritocracy, diversity and representation are likely to be sacrificed on the altar of ‘convention’.…”
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Copacabana e o espírito do lugar: reflexões sobre a celebração da vida no Rio de Janeiro contemporâneo. by Alessandra de Figueredo Porto

“…O local é analisado como “altar”, visando demonstrar os encantos e elos suscitados pelo “espírito do lugar” em uma cidade contemporânea: o Rio de Janeiro. …”
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Intercultural Dialogue and Humanities from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages by Enrico Maria Di Palma

“…Starting from the classic meaning of this notion, the paper finds three meaningful episodes: the controversy between Ambrosius and Symmachus about the Altar of Victory, the Dialogue of a Philosopher with a Jew and a Christian by Peter Abelard and the spread of the Life of Balaam and Josaphat. …”
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El teónimo Eburus y el tejo by Francisco Marco Simón

“… Se interpreta el Eburus mencionado en un nuevo altar aparecido en Las Cuevas de Soria (Quintana Redonda, Soria) como una personalidad divina en relación con el tejo, partiendo de la importancia que el bosque y, en particular, este árbol tienen en las concepciones religiosas tanto del mundo céltico en general como de la Celtiberia y sus aledaños. …”
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Saint Joseph Patron of the city of Krakow by Benignus Józef Wanat

“…On 26 October 1636 the bishop of Krakow, Jacob Zadzik, consecrated the church and the main altar under the title of St. Michael the Archangel and Joseph betrothed to the Blessed Mother.…”
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The Sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina in the 4th Century BC | MÖ 4. yy’da Lagina Hekate Kutsal Alanı by Aytekin BÜYÜKÖZER

“…At a point near the center is the temple and there is an altar located south-east of the temple. As a result of ongoing work in the sacred precinct, the evidence shows that the Temple and cult of Hekate dated back to the 4th century BC. …”
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Petrographic-Mineralogical Characterization of Archaeological Materials from “Casa di Diana” <i>Mithraeum</i> Sited in the Open Museum of Ostia Antica by Claudia Scatigno, Maria Preite Martinez, Nagore Prieto-Taboada, Juan Manual Madariaga, Aida Maria Conte

“…The altar material, catalogued as marble, resulted in being a limestone coated with a white pigment.…”
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Estudio de la pintura al temple sobre lienzo del siglo XVI en España a través de las antiguas fuentes documentales: las sargas pintadas en los interiores domésticos by Sonia Santos Gómez

“…Así, se emplearon como cortinas de altar, elementos decorativos en fiestas cortesanas, túmulos, telones de teatros, colgaduras en los muros, etc. …”
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The picture of poverty : Cristoforo Moro and patronage of San Giobbe, Venice by Israel, Janna

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Aspects of the impact of Christian art and architecture on synagogues in Byzantine Palestine by Milson, D, David Milsom

“…For the focal point of the early Christian basilica, the altar in the sanctuary, separated from the hall by a chancel screen, was adapted by these Jewish communities. …”