The word Ascalon comes from Ashkelon , a coastal city in Israel. It can refer to a number of possible topics Places Ashkelon city itself in ancient history. Ascalon, Missouri , near St. Louis Ashkelon history related Battle of Ascalon , considered the last action of the First Crusade The lance or in some versions of the story, sword that Saint George used to slay the dragon, named after the city Ashkelon The British World War II aeroplane used by Winston Churchill , named after the lance an Avro York Specials Avro York Video Games Ascalon , a region in the computer game series Guild Wars . Surname A Jewish surname Brad Ascalon David Ascalon Maurice Ascalon See also Ashkelon disambiguation Disambig de Ascalon fr Ascalon homonymie ja ... more details
Image Brad Ascalon Photo.jpg thumb right Industrial designer Brad Ascalon Brad Ascalon , born in 1977, is an American industrial design er who grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, New Jersey . He earned a bachelor s degree at Rutgers University , and received a Masters Degree in industrial design from New York s Pratt Institute . His early artistic and design influences included his grandfather, the Hungarian born Art Deco sculptor and industrial designer Maurice Ascalon , as well as his father, the American sculptor and stained glass artist David Ascalon , founder of Ascalon Studios . Image Spindle Table for Ligne Roset, Brad Ascalon Studio 02.jpg thumb left Brad Ascalon s glass and wood Spindle Table for Ligne Roset. Ascalon started his eponymous studio in 2006, working in the areas of furniture, product and packaging design. Among his first clients was the cosmetics conglomerate L Oreal . His first international recognition, however, came while he was still a graduate student, when the international design magazine Wallpaper selected Ascalon as one of the year s top ten up and coming designers in the world. ref name Wallpaper cite journal url http www.bradascalon.com ... July August year 2005 pages 114 accessdate 2008 10 06 ref Since then, Ascalon s multi disciplinary ... the furniture industry. Ascalon s furniture work has been exhibited globally, from Milan s Salone del ... Maison et Objet and NYC s International Contemporary Furniture Fair ICFF . Ascalon s first showing at the ICFF ... competition whose primary goal is to promote emerging designers around the world. In 2008, Ascalon ... www.bradascalon.com Brad Ascalon s site See also Ascalon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ascalon, Brad ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1977 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ascalon, Brad Category 1977 births Category Living people Category ... descent Category People from Cherry Hill, New Jersey de Brad Ascalon ... more details
Image David Ascalon.jpg thumb right The artist circa 1989. David Ascalon born March 8, 1945 is a contemporary sculpture sculptor and stained glass artist, and co founder of Ascalon Studios . Biography Ascalon was born in Tel Aviv , in the British Mandate of Palestine now Israel on March 8, 1945. He received ... and industrial designer, Maurice Ascalon 1913 2003 . Ascalon came to the United States of America ... Institute in New York, where he received his degree. Throughout the 1970s, Ascalon worked in the fields ... Jersey , and in the Hamptons on the east end of Long Island , New York . In recent years, Ascalon has ... Brad Ascalon , and older brother Adir Ascalon d .2003 . Adir was a surrealist painter and sculptor ... airplane private pilot . Ascalon Studios In 1977, David relocated to the Philadelphia area where he joined up with his father to form Ascalon Studios. It was then that he began focusing his efforts ... since its founding, Ascalon Studios, under David s direction, has executed hundreds of projects ... on the subject of Judaic art. Gallery gallery Image David Ascalon Stained Glass Window.jpg From a series ... Ascalon, Ascalon Studios, Holocaust Memorial Harrisburg, PA.jpg David Ascalon s Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth ... Ascalon.jpg David Ascalon s Totem , fabricated bronze sculpture at the Cherry Hill Public Library , Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill , New Jersey Image David Ascalon Kinetic Sculpture Mobile memphis TN.JPG Wings to the Heavens kinetic sculpture mobile by David Ascalon with Brad Ascalon and Eric Ascalon, 2008, Temple Israel Memphis, Tennessee gallery See also Maurice Ascalon Brad ascalon Brad Ascalon References http www.schifferbooks.com newschiffer book template.php?isbn 9780764337345 100 ...?KEYWORDS ascalon When Creator and Owner Clash , by Daniel Grant, The Wall ... Ascalon Studios See also Ascalon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ascalon, David ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1945 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE ... more details
morefootnotes date March 2009 Image Maurice Ascalon 2.jpg thumb right Maurice Ascalon hammering The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler of the Soil for the 1939 New York World s Fair Image Maurice Ascalon 1939 New York Worlds Fair.jpg thumb right Maurice Ascalon s The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler ... New York World s Fair Deleted image removed Image Maurice Ascalon 4.jpg thumb right Catalogue image of decorative artwork by Maurice Ascalon manufactured by his Pal Bell Company circa 1948 Maurice Ascalon 1913 2003 , a designer and sculpture sculptor , is, by some accounts, considered the father of the modern Israeli decorative arts movement. Biography Maurice Ascalon was born as Moshe Klein ... his formal artistic training in Brussels and later Milan , Maurice Ascalon immigrated to the land ... magnificent bas reliefs depicting the Shtetl life of her childhood . In 1939, Maurice Ascalon ... of the Jewish Palestine Pavilion of the 1939 New York World s Fair . Ascalon was commissioned to create .... In the late 1930s, Ascalon founded an Israeli decorative arts manufacturing company, http .... Maurice Ascalon s well recognized designs, some art deco , others more traditional, introduced ... Ascalon Studios , relocated to the Philadelphia area. It became and still is today, under the direction of Maurice s son, David Ascalon a multifaceted art studio dedicated to the design of and creation of site specific art for worship and public spaces. In February 2003, Maurice Ascalon celebrated ... Ascalon Adir was a surrealist painter and sculptor who collaborated with the noted Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros . In August 2003, Maurice Ascalon succumbed to complications related to Parkinson s Disease , an illness he endured during most of the final decade of his life. Maurice Ascalon ... Ascalon Dies by Barbara Rothschild, The Courier Post , August 7, 2003 at B1. M. Ascalon Maker of Judaic Art , The Philadelphia Inquirer , August 5, 2003. See also David Ascalon Brad ascalon Brad Ascalon ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Siege of Ascalon image caption partof the Crusades date 1153 place ... casualties2 Garrison killed or captured Campaignbox Fatimid Crusader War The Siege of Ascalon took ... . Background Ascalon was Fatimid Egypt s greatest and most important frontier fortress. The Battle of Ascalon was fought outside the city in 1099 in the aftermath of the First Crusade and the Siege ... disputes in their camp allowed Ascalon to remain in Egyptian hands. Thereafter, the Fatimids .... Therefore, the Fatimid garrison in Ascalon remained strong and large. After the failure of the Second ... Templar , and provided some defense against the continual raids from Ascalon, 10 miles to the northeast. Since the establishment of the kingdom, other fortresses had also been built to watch Ascalon. These were Ibelin Yibneh about 20 miles northeast of Ascalon near the coast, Blanche Garde Tell es ... defeated a Seljuk Turks Turkish invasion of the Kingdom. Siege of Ascalon Encouraged by these victories, Baldwin decided to make an assault on Ascalon in 1153. With the entire army of Jerusalem he marched ... sides. Ascalon was vast and virtually impenetrable behind its massive walls and gates were twice as many ... to stop them. However, a setback for Ascalon occurred in August when the besieged tried to burn down ... to Egypt. Aftermath Ascalon was turned into a diocese directly under the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem ... of Jaffa and Ascalon later became the most important crusader seigneury, held either as an apanage to the crown or granted to influential barons. The fall of Ascalon contributed to the downfall of Fatimid ... numerous expeditions from Ascalon into Egypt. These Crusader invasions of Egypt failed to bring that country ... 4 Footnotes references coord 31 40 1.68 N 34 32 53.3 E display title DEFAULTSORT Ascalon 1153, Siege ... in 1153 ca Setge d Ascal de Belagerung von Askalon es Asedio de Ascal n fr Si ge d Ascalon 1153 he 1153 nl Beleg van Ascalon fi Askelonin taistelu 1153 ... more details
Ascalon is an unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri St. Louis County , Missouri , United States just south of St. Ann, Missouri St. Ann . It sits at an elevation of 656 feet 200 m . coord 38 42 03 N 90 24 34 W display title References gnis 755700 St. Louis County, Missouri Category Unincorporated communities in St. Louis County, Missouri SaintLouisMO geo stub ... more details
For the siege and capture of Ascalon in 1153 Battle of Ascalon 1153 Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Ascalon image File Ascalon.jpg 300px caption partof the First Crusade date August 12, 1099 place Ashkelon Antiquity Ashkelon , Israel result Crusades Crusader victory combatant1 Crusades Crusaders combatant2 Image Fatimid Flag.png 26px Fatimid Caliphate commander1 File Blason Lorraine.svg 20px Godfrey of Bouillon br File Blason duche fr Normandie.svg 20px Robert II of Normandy br File Blason sicile famille Hauteville.svg 20px Tancred, Prince of Galilee Tancred of Taranto br ref name ... 2008 place Woodbridge ref Campaignbox First Crusade Campaignbox Fatimid Crusader War The Battle of Ascalon ... Ascalon , a day s march away, while Peter the Hermit led both the Catholic Church Catholic and Eastern ... no siege machinery with him he did however have a fleet, also assembling in the port of Ascalon ... of the crusade. Al Afdal camped in the plain of al Majdal in a valley outside Ascalon, preparing ... ahead of each. This arrangement was also used as the line of battle outside Ascalon, with the center ... of Ascalon. Al Afdal left behind his camp and its treasures, which were captured by Robert and Tancred ... on August 13, and after much celebration Godfrey and Raymond both claimed Ascalon. When the garrison ... the battle of Ascalon was a crusader victory the city itself remained under Fatimid control, and it was eventually ... when it was finally captured by the crusaders in the Siege of Ascalon . Sources reflist References ... 31 40 13.58 N 34 33 28.99 E display title DEFAULTSORT Ascalon 1099, Battle of Category Battles ... ca Batalla d Ascal de Schlacht von Askalon es Batalla de Ascal n fr Si ge d Ascalon 1099 ko id Pertempuran Ascalon it Battaglia di Ascalona he mk ms Pertempuran Ascalon nl Slag bij Ascalon ja no Slaget ved Ashkelon pl Bitwa pod Askalonem pt Batalha de Ascalon ro B t lia de la Ascalon ru sl Bitka pri Askalonu sr ... more details
Eutocius of Ascalon ca. 480 &ndash ca. 540 was a Greek people Greek mathematician who wrote commentaries on several Archimedes Archimedean treatises and on the Apollonius of Perga Apollonian Conics . Life and work Little is known about the life of Eutocius. He wrote commentaries on Apollonius of Perga Apollonius and on Archimedes . The surviving works of Eutocius are A Commentary on the first four books of the Conics of Apollonius. Commentaries on the Sphere and Cylinder of Archimedes. the Quadrature of the Circle of Archimedes. the Two Books on Equilibrium of Archimedes. Historian s owe much of their knowledge of Archimedes solution of a cubic by means of intersecting conics, alluded to in The Sphere and Cylinder , to Eutocius and his commentaries. Eutocius dedicated his commentary on Apollonius Conics to Anthemius of Tralles , also a mathematician, and architect of St. Sophia . ref Boyer, p. 193. Eutocius born ca. 480 , commented on several Archimedean treatises and on the Apollonian Conics . It is to Eutocius that we owe the Archimedean solution of a cubic through intersecting conics, referred to in The Sphere and Cylinder but not otherwise extant except through the commentary of Eutocius. The commentary by Eutocius on the Conics of Apollonius was dedicated to Anthemius of Tralles t534 , an able mathematician and architect of St. Sophia of Constantinople. ref References reflist Sources cite book first Carl Benjamin last Boyer authorlink Carl Benjamin Boyer title A History of Mathematics edition Second publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc year 1991 isbn 0 471 54397 7 External links MacTutor Biography id Eutocius Greek mathematics Category 480 births Category 540 deaths Category Ancient Greek mathematicians cs Eutokios de Eutokios el es Eutocio fr Eutocius id Eutocius dari Ascalon it Eutocio pl Eutokios pt Eut cio de Ascalon ru sl Evtokij fi Eutokios ... more details
Geobox Settlement Heading name Ascalon native name other name category Names etymology official name motto nickname Image image image caption image size Symbols flag symbol Country country Canada state Ontario state type Province region Northeastern Ontario district Nipissing District Nipissing municipality Unorganized South Nipissing District Nipissing, Unorganized South municipality type Part Family part landmark river Locations location elevation 324 prominence lat d 46 lat m 04 lat s 27 lat NS N long d 78 long m 48 long s 19 long EW W highest highest location highest region highest state highest elevation highest lat d highest lat m highest lat s highest lat NS highest long d highest long m highest long s highest long EW lowest lowest location lowest region lowest state lowest elevation lowest lat d lowest lat m lowest lat s lowest lat NS lowest long d lowest long m lowest long s lowest long EW Dimensions length length orientation width width orientation area area land area water area urban area metro Population population population date population urban population metro population density population density urban population density metro History & management established date government government location government region government state government elevation government lat d government lat m government lat s government lat NS government long d government long m government long s government long EW mayor leader Codes timezone Eastern Time Zone utc offset 5 timezone DST Eastern Time Zone utc offset DST 4 postal code K0J postal code type Postal codes in Canada Forward sortation ... Ontario location map 2.svg map caption Location of Ascalon in Ontario map background map locator Ontario Websites commons statistics website Footnotes footnotes Ascalon is an Unincorporated area Canada ... Ontario northeastern Ontario , Canada . ref cite cgndb id FADWM title Ascalon accessdate 2011 08 10 ref Ascalon is located within Algonquin Provincial Park at the northwestern end of Mink Lake ... more details
platonism Antiochus lang el , of Ashkelon Ascalon , lived c. 125 c. 68 BC ref Tiziano Dorandi, Chapter 2 Chronology , in Algra et al. 1999 The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy , page 49. Cambridge. ref , was an Platonism Academic philosopher . He was a pupil of Philo of Larissa at the Platonic Academy Academy , but he diverged from the Academic skepticism of Philo and his predecessors. He was a teacher of Cicero , and the first of a new breed of eclectics among the Platonists he endeavoured to bring the doctrines of the Stoics and the Peripatetics into Platonism , and stated, in opposition to Philo, that the mind could distinguish true from false. In doing so, he claimed to be reviving the doctrines of the Old Academy. With him began the phase of philosophy known as Middle Platonism . Life He was a friend of Lucullus the antagonist of Mithridates VI of Pontus Mithridates and the teacher of Cicero during his studies at Athens 79 BC but he had a school at Alexandria also, as well as in Syria , where he seems to have died. ref Plutarch, Cicero , c. 4 Lucullus , c. 4 Cicero, Academica , ii. 19. ref He was a philosopher of considerable reputation in his time, for Strabo in describing Ascalon, mentions his birth there as a mark of distinction for the city, ref Strabo, xiv. ref and Cicero frequently speaks of him in affectionate and respectful terms as the best and wisest of the Academics, and the most polished and acute philosopher of his age. ref Cicero, Academica , ii. 35 Brutus , 91. ref He studied under the Stoic Mnesarchus of Athens Mnesarchus ... sep entry antiochus ascalon Antiochus of Ascalon James Allen http www.iep.utm.edu m midplato.htm SH4b Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Notes reflist 2 SmithDGRBM Platonists DEFAULTSORT Antiochus of Ascalon ... es Ant oco de Ascal n fr Antiochos d Ascalon gl Ant oco de Ascal n hr Antioh iz Askalona is Ant okkos fr Askalon it Antioco di Ascalona he nl Antiochus van Ascalon ... more details
Infobox Former Country native name conventional long name County of Jaffa and Ascalon common name Jaffa and Ascalon continent moved from Category Asia to the Middle East region the Middle East country Palestine era High Middle Ages status Vassal of Kingdom of Jerusalem event start First Crusade year start 1100 date start event end Conquered by Baibars year end 1268 date end p1 Fatimid Caliphate flag p1 Fatimid flag.svg s1 Mamluk flag s1 Mameluke Flag.svg image flag image coat image map image map caption capital Jaffa, Israel Jaffa common languages Latin , Old French , Italian language Italian also Arabic language Arabic and Greek language Greek religion Roman Catholicism , Eastern Catholicism , Greek Orthodoxy , Syrian Orthodoxy , Islam , Judaism government type Monarchy leader1 Roger and Gerard year leader1 c.1100 leader2 James of Ibelin year leader2 1266 1268 title leader County of Jaffa and Ascalon Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon Count legislature The double County of Jaffa and Ascalon was one of the four major Manorialism seigneuries comprising the major crusader state , the Kingdom of Jerusalem , according to 13th century commentator John of Ibelin jurist John of Ibelin . History Jaffa ... Baldwin III Siege of Ascalon conquered Ascalon , and it was added to the territory of his brother Amalric ... of Jaffa and Ascalon had a number of vassals of its own Lordship of Ramla Ibelin Lordship of Ibelin ... and Ascalon italicized names are titular counts only Roger and Gerard c. 1100 Royal domain 1100&ndash ... of Jaffa and Ascalon William of Montferrat and Sibylla 1176&ndash 1177 Sibylla of Jerusalem Sibylla ... 1291 . Clarendon Press, 1989. DEFAULTSORT Jaffa and Ascalon, County of Category 1268 disestablishments Category States and territories established in 1100 Category County of Jaffa and Ascalon Category ... it Contea di Giaffa e Ascalona he nl Graafschap van Jaffa en Ascalon pl Hrabstwo Jaffy i Aszkelonu pt Condado de Jaffa e Ascalon ro Comitatul de Jaffa ru ... more details
Summary Example of contemporary synagogue interior Congregation Beth Yeshurun, Houston, Texas. Stained glass windows, Ark synagogue Ark , and ner tamid designed by artist David Ascalon , Ascalon Studios. Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Contemporary blown glass ner tamid eternal light by artist David Ascalon . Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary The whimsical post modern Pop outdoor chaise longue & table by the America industrial designer Brad Ascalon 2005 . Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Example of contemporary synagogue interior Congregation Beth Yeshurun, Houston, Texas. Stained glass windows, Ark synagogue Ark , and ner tamid designed by artist David Ascalon . Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary This example of a Mechitza was created for the Suburban Torah Center in Livingston, New Jersey, and features carved glass ornamentation. Created by Ascalon Studios . Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Images from a vintage catalogue of Art Deco metalwork designed by Maurice Ascalon and manufactured by his Pal Bell Company. I am the owner of the Pal Bell trademark, and the copyright holder of all catalogue images of its work, including this image. Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary An example of a traditional Shabbat candlestick holder. This bronze example was designed by Maurice Ascalon and manufactured by his Pal Bell Company in British Mandate Palestine in the 1940s. Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Category Jewish images Category Shabbat Category Jewish art Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary Bronze decorative trivets circa 1940s by the industrial designer Maurice Ascalon and manufactured by the Pal Bell Company. I am the owner of the Pal Bell Company trademark and the copyright holder of the applicable image, and I hereby grant license as indicated. Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Summary This architectural rendering shows the typical elements of a contemporary synagogue bimah, including the Ark synagogue ark Aron Kodesh with decorative ark doors, eternal flame ner tamid , Torah reading table, Rabbi s lecturn, bimah chairs, and Torah holders. Contemporary synaogue bimahs are also often adorned with such features as a decorative wall hung menorah , and stained glass windows. This bimah was designed by Ascalon Studios for a synaogue in Scottsdale, Arizona. Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot Orphan image ... more details
and Ascalon in the marriage. William of Tyre describes him as tall, blond, and handsome brave ... malaria, at Ashkelon Ascalon in April 1177, and died there in June, leaving Sibylla pregnant with the future ... 1177 deaths Category Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon Category House of Aleramici de Wilhelm von Montferrat ... de Montferrat, conde de Jaffa e Ascalon ru VI ... more details
Summary These stained glass windows, by David Ascalon of Ascalon Studios, depict events from the Bible s Book of Exodus. They are part of a larger series of stained glass windows permanently installed at Congregation B nai Israel in Norfolk, Virginia USA. I am the photographer and copyright holder of the attached image. I grant use of the image under cc by sa 2.5. Eric Ascalon Licensing cc by sa 2.5 Orphan image ... more details
Summary On the left is a plaster and rubber mold such is typically utilized in the lost wax process. On the right is the resulting cast bronze sculpture Sculpture by David Ascalon . Licensing GFDL self with disclaimers migration relicense Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
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