Citations needed date October 2011 Wove paper is a writing paper with a uniform surface , not ribbed or watermarked . The papermaking mould s wires run parallel to each other to produce laid paper, but they are woven together into a fine wire mesh for wove paper. The originator of this new papermaking technique was James Whatman 1702 59 from Kent, England ref http www.princetonaudubon.com about the watermark.htm Some historical background ref . For 500 years European paper makers could only produce what came to be called laid paper . In 1757 John Baskerville printed his famous edition of Virgil on a new kind of paper, called Wove known in Europe as V lin . This paper is now known to have been made by the elder James Whatman papermaker James Whatman . Twenty five years later 1780s the manufacture of wove paper spread quickly to other paper mills in England, and was also being developed in France and America. All this took place over a decade before a machine to replace making paper by hand was conceived. With the establishment of the paper machine 1807 , the manufacture of paper on a wove wire base never looked back. Today more than 99 of the world s paper is made in this way. Whatman paper Whatman paper is a type of wove paper named after James Whatman. It is notable for its exceptional quality. Whatman paper is grained, strong and rigid, without laid lines. It is used in publishing, filtering, and chromatography ref http www.whatman.com TestamentToQuality.aspx Whatman, the current trademark owners ref . See also Papermaking References reflist Sources cite book title The Whatmans and Wove Velin Paper Its Invention and Development in the West last Balston first J.N. authorlink coauthors year 1998 publisher location isbn page pages url accessdate material stub Category Paper fr papier v lin de Velinpapier ru ... more details
Summary General Claude Martin. 1794, published in Lucknow. The plate was drawn by Renaldi, engraved by L. Legoux, and printed on fine wove paper. Sheet 12 x 10 image Including Text 10 x 7 . Licensing PD art ... more details
Summary Branchville Fields ca. 1888 By John Henry Twachtman Dimensions Height 16.83 cm 6.63 in. , Width 25.4 cm 10 in. Medium Drawing Etching on heavy cream wove paper Source Athenaeum website image http www.the athenaeum.org art display image.php?id 56846 description http www.the athenaeum.org art detail.php?ID 26831 Licensing PD art ... more details
Low resolution, fair use image of Table with Fruit , 1948. Colour monotype on wove paper, by Robert MacBryde . Non free 2D art Non free fair use in Robert MacBryde Fair use rationale There is no alternative, public domain or free copyrighted replacement image available. Inclusion of the image is for information, education and analysis only. The text discussing the significance of this art work, or referencing it as a key example of the artists work, is enhanced by inclusion of the image. The image is a low resolution copy of the original work, and of such low quality that it will not affect potential sales of the art work. ... more details
James Whatman 1702 1759 , the Elder, was a Papermaking paper maker , born in Kent , who made revolutionary advances to the craft in England. He is noted as the inventor of wove paper or V lin , an innovation used for high quality art and printing. The techniques continued to be developed by his son, James Whatman the Younger 1741 1798 , ref name Roberts cite book last1 Roberts first1 Matt T. last2 Etherington first2 Don title Bookbinding and the conservation of books A dictionary of descriptive terminology. url http cool.conservation us.org don dt dt3773.html publisher U.S. Government Printing Office isbn O 84440 0366 O chapter Whatman, James 1741 1798 ref at a time when the craft was smaller paper mill s to the large scale and widespread industrialisation of paper manufacturer. Whatman had been approached by John Baskerville , who needed paper that would take a light impression of the printing plate this was used for the edition of Virgil s poetry, embellished with Baskerville s typography and designs. ref http www.jstor.org stable 40345203 Baskerville and James Whatman A. T. Hazen Studies in Bibliography Vol. 5, 1952 1953 , pp. 187 189 ref ref Anne Pimlott Baker, http dx.doi.org 10.1093 ref odnb 40776 Whatman, James 1702 1759 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 online edn, May 2009 ref The earliest examples of wove paper, bearing his watermark is appeared after 1740. ref name NGA cite web url http nga.gov.au Conservation Watermarks listing.cfm title Watermark and countermark library year 2010 work Conservation publisher National Gallery of Australia accessdate 29 November 2010 ref Their business, in addition to producing the finest paper, is probably responsible for the invention of the wove wire mesh used to mold and align the pulp fibres. This is the principal method used in the mass production of most modern paper. The Whatmans held a part interest in the establishment at River Len Turkey Mill.2C Boxley Turkey Mill , near Maidstone, after 1740, ref n ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2008 Saracco can have several meanings Saracco is an Italian surname. Saracco family members have migrated through history thereby carrying the name to many areas. The color Gules Red in the coat of arms of the family Saracco symbolizes military, foritude and magnanimity. It also reflects the hopes, ambitions and aspirations of its original bearer. Giuseppe Saracco was a former Prime Minister of Italy 1900 1901 . Saracco is Italian for rip saw , a hand saw with a loose blade in a trapezoidal form furnished with a handle attached at one end which is larger than the blade. Saracco might be a derivative of the Italian term saracchio, denoting a type of grass used for matting, presumably a topographic name , or possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered the grass or wove it into mats. Saracco can be a nickname from a derivative of Arabic sarr q thief . disambig it Saracco ... more details
Non free 2D art Non free fair use in Regular Division of the Plane This image is used in Regular Division of the Plane to illustrate the appearance of Escher s work. It cannot be replaced with a free alternative or with text alone. The use is minimal one image out of the many similar divisions of the plane Escher created. Non free media rationale Article Regular Division of the Plane Description Regular Division of the Plane III by M. C. Escher . Woodcut in black on wove paper, 1957 1958 . Source http cybermuse.gallery.ca cybermuse youth escher gallery slideshow gallery0504 e.jsp Cybermuse Portion It represents the complet work. Resolution It is a low resolution image. Purpose It illustrates an educational article about the series of artistic works that this image represents. Replaceability It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. other information Category M. C. Escher ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 Ealing Art College was Ealing Technical College & School of Art , a further education institution on St Mary s Road, Ealing , London , England . The site today is the Ealing campus of University of West London . In the early 1960s the School of Art was composed of Fashion, Graphics, Industrial Design, Photography and Fine Art Departments, and the college was attended by notable musicians, Freddie Mercury , Ronnie Wood and Pete Townshend . ref name Independent The two year ground course was held in the annex to the Art School. The Groundcourse was a radical and influential experiment in art education, led by Roy Ascott with a team of artists including R B Kitaj . Notable alumni Artists Tom Wright Photographer Gideon Gechtman Israeli artist and sculptor Alan Lee illustrator Alan Lee English illustrator won an Oscar for his work on the Lord of the Rings movie Michael English English psychedelic artist musician with Hapshash and the Coloured Coat Paul Merry Artist Photographer and Poet Business Laurence S. Geller President, CEO, and Director of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Musicians Pete Townshend songwriter and lead guitarist of The Who ref name Independent http www.independent.co.uk news education education news how one man wove a kind of magic in ealing 678294.html How one man wove a kind of magic in Ealing The Independent. Retrieved 2 July 2011 ref Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen band Queen ref name Independent Roger Ruskin Spear saxophonist, robots and theramin leg in The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Ronnie Wood The Faces and The Rolling Stones ref name Independent Writers and Journalists Mike Molloy Michael Molloy ex editor of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror. Robert Rankin best selling author, illustrator and sculptor. Michael Lawrence writer Michael Lawrence author of many books for children and young adults. References reflist Category Education in Ealing Category Art schools in London art org stub it Ealing Art College ... more details
Champenois is a language spoken by a minority of people in Champagne province Champagne in France and in Wallonia in Belgium . It is one of the langues d o l . It is classified as a languages of France regional language of France , and has the recognized status of a regional language of Wallonia. Literature The language of Chr tien de Troyes is marked by Champenois traits, but the earliest literature to survive consciously written in Champenois is noted from the end of the 16th century. Le Bontemps de Carnaval de Chaumont was updated and republished in 1660 the language used contrasts the French spoken by the king s messengers with the Champenois of the local inhabitants. A feature of 18th century Champenois literature was the no ls Christmas chants which wove contemporary and local references into pious texts. References Paroles d O l , DPLO, Mougon 1994, ISBN 2 905061 95 2 Romance languages ie lang stub Category O l languages Category Languages of France Category Languages of Belgium af Champenois an Idioma campany s br Champagneg bg ca Xampany s de Champenois fa es Champa s eu Xanpainera fr Champenois gv Champenois it Champenois kw Champaynek ku Ziman champenois nl Champenois ja oc Champanh l nds Champenois pl J zyk szampa ski tr Champenois wa Tchampnw s lingaedje ... more details
PD old 100 Campaign poster for American presidential candidate, Lewis Cass, circa 1848. From Library of Congress online collection see below for details. Copyright has expired. TITLE Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate for 12th president CALL NUMBER PGA Currier & Ives Lewis Cass... A size P&P REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC USZC2 2931 color film copy slide LC USZ62 83790 b&w film copy neg. SUMMARY Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass. It is almost identical in design to a banner Currier produced the same year for Zachary Taylor no. 1848 5 , except that here, above the portrait of the candidate, appears a bald eagle on a globe in an aureole of stars flanked by American flags. MEDIUM 1 print on wove paper lithograph with watercolor image 34 x 22.6 cm. CREATED PUBLISHED New York Lith. & pub. by N athaniel Currier, 152 Nassau St., cor ner of Spruce N.Y., c1848. The Library s impression of the print was deposited for copyright on June 6, 1848, less than two weeks after Cass s nomination at the party s Baltimore convention. DLC Orphan image ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Henry Bertrand was a France French silk weaving weaver of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Villeurbanne near Lyon . He founded the well known silk company, Henry Bertrand http www.henrybertrand.co.uk . The original collections can be seen in museums around the world including the Silk Museum in Lyon and the Cleveland Museum of Art . With the onslaught of man made fabrics the original company declined until the 1960s when it sold its French mills. The company s remaining office in London was acquired by the Gilbert family in 1981. Whilst others wove man made articles and mid market items Henry Bertrand is still weaving jacquards and chiffons similar to those of their founder. Sources Les mythologies lyonnaises de la soie et l int gration communautaire par Philippe VIDELIER, Historien, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bertrand, Henry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bertrand, Henry Category Textile artists Category French artists Category Year of death missing France artist stub fashion bio stub fr Henry Bertrand ... more details
The Fountain of Youth is a Japanese fairy tale collected by Lafcadio Hearn in Japanese Fairy Tales . ref Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Fairy Tales , http www.surlalunefairytales.com books japan hearn fountainyouth.html The Fountain of Youth ref Synopsis An old couple lived in the mountains. The man cut wood, and the woman wove, every day. One day, the man found a spring and drank from it. He became a young man. Delighted, he ran home. His wife said a young man needed a young wife, so she would go and drink, but they should not both be away, so he should wait. He did wait, but when she did not come back, he went after her. He found a baby by the spring his wife had drunk too eagerly. Saddened, he carried her back. See also Shita kiri Suzume References reflist Japan myth stub Category Japanese fairy tales Fountain of Youth ... more details
In Greek mythology , Amphissa also known as Isse and Euboea was a daughter conceived through an incestuous relationship between Aeolus s son, Macareus son of Aeolus Macareus , king of Locris , and his sister, Canace . ref http www.mythindex.com greek mythology A Amphissa.html Amphissa on www.mythindex.com ref Both Macareus and Canace killed themselves, although other versions of the myth have Aeolus killing Canace when she confessed her unnatural love for her brother. ref http www.theoi.com Text PlutarchParallelStories.html Pseudo Plutarch, Greek and Roman Parallel Stories, 28 ref ref Hyginus Fabulae , 238, 242 ref Amphissa was beloved by Apollo . He initially seduced her in the disguise of a shepherd. Their story was one of the images Arachne wove into her weaving, along with other disguises that he used when seducing mortal women and nymphs. ref Ovid , Metamorphosis , Book 6. 103. ref Amphissa and Apollo s son was Agreus , a king of Euboia. The Greek city Amfissa is named after her. References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Aeolides Greek myth stub sr ... more details
File Stamp Natal 1902 20 green.jpg right thumb A 1902 20 specimen stamp of Natal. This is a survey of the postage stamp s and postal history of Colony of Natal Natal . The first stamps of Natal were issued on 26 May 1857. They were uncoloured designs embossed in plain relief on coloured wove paper and were imperforate. ref name sand http www.sandafayre.com atlas safrica.htm Natal. Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 20 September 2011. ref The first stamps of Natal after these were issued in 1859, with the Chalon portrait of Queen Victotia. Between 1869 and 1895, postage stamps of 1859 67 and fiscal stamps were overprinted POSTAGE in various styles or additionally surcharged Half Penny . Stamps of King Edward VII were issued between 1902 and 1909. Six official stamps of King Edward were also issued. See also Postage stamps and postal history of Zululand References Reflist commonscat Stamps of Natal External links http www.natalia.org.za Files 7 Natalia 20v7 20article 20p28 33 20C.pdf The Embossed Postage Stamps of Natal 1857 1869. PostalhistoryAfrica philately stub Category Postal history by country Natal Category Postage stamps by country Natal Category Communications in South Africa ... more details
merge Kochengat Chola date February 2011 unsourced date January 2009 Orphan date October 2008 Kochenkannan was one of the Early Cholas mentioned in Sangam literature Sangam Literature. The only surviving details about his reign come from the fragmentary poems of Sangam in the Purananuru poems. Today historical accounts of the life of Kochenkannan are often confused with more contemporary accounts. Kocengannan as a Saiva Saint Periapuranam detailing the stories of the 63 Nayanmars of Saivism, gives the following story regarding Kocengannan In a fruit grove in the Chola country, there was a Siva Lingam under a Jambul tree. A white elephant used to come there daily and worship the Lingam. A spider, which was also devoted to Siva, noticed that dry leaves were falling on the God and to prevent this wove a web above the Lingam. The next day when the elephant came to worship, he found the web, and, thinking that someone had polluted the place, tore the web, offered his worship and went away. The spider came upon the scene, felt sorry that his web had been destroyed, wove another web and went away. The next day, as the elephant was pulling the web away, the spider, which was present there, gave him a sting the elephant died of the poison on the spot. The spider, too, was caught in the elephant s trunk, and perished. Suba Devan, the Chola king and his wife Kamalavati went to Chidambaram and eagerly prayed to the Lord Nataraja for a son. The Lord granted their wish and caused the spider to be born as the Chola king s child. Soon Kamalavati conceived the child. The day of delivery arrived. Astrologers foretold that if the child could be delivered a few minutes later, it would rule the three worlds The queen asked that she should be tied to the roof of the room upside down, with a tight bandage around her waist. When the auspicious time came, she was released and the child was born. This was the spider reborn The child had red eyes as he had remained in his mother s womb a litt ... more details
Image Stamp Russia offices China 1904 35k.jpg right thumb A 35 kopecks stamp of 1904. Image Stamp Russia offices China 1917 25c.jpg right thumb A 25 cents on 25 kopecks stamp of 1917. The Russian post offices in China were a collection of post office s established by Imperial Russia in various cities of China beginning in 1870. First offices The first offices were in Beijing , Kalgan , Tientsin , and Urga in Mongolia , all in areas near to Russian controlled territory. In November 1886 additional offices opened in Shanghai , Chefoo , Hankou District Hankow with offices in L shunkou Port Arthur , and Dalnyi Dairen following soon afterwards. In addition, many Russian Field Post Offices operated throughout Manchuria and civilian mail was frequently accepted there as well. Finally, the Chinese Eastern Railway had Russian post offices operating at most of the major stations, and important cities along the railway such as Harbin had several Russian post offices in the town itself. In addition, Travelling Post Offices operated in trains along the Chinese Eastern Railway. Stamps Initially, the offices used the regular stamps of Russia, but in 1899, they received stamps overprint ed with KITAI Russian for China in Cyrillic script . This overprint was applied to all types of stamps up to 1916, including the varieties on horizontally laid, vertically laid, and wove paper. The overprint was also applied to postal stationery envelopes, postcards, letter cards and newspaper wrappers . The overprint itself was in black, blue, or red, generally being chosen to contrast with the stamp colors. Most of these types are commonly available today less than one US the most problematic is the blue overprint on the 14 kopeck wove paper variety, whose existence has been questioned. Although the offices had always accepted Chinese currency at par, a Chinese cent being considered equivalent to a Russian ruble kopeck , in 1917 the overprint was changed to clarify the situation, simply consisting ... more details
Infobox rare stamps common name 2 Large Queen on laid paper image Image CanadaStamp.jpg 175px br small The rarest Canadian stamp small country of production Dominion of Canada location of production date of production 1868 nature of rarity Few remaining number in existence 2 face value 2c estimated value United States dollar US 125,000 The 2 Large Queen on laid paper is the rarest postage stamp of Canada . Printed in 1868, it was not discovered until 1925, and so far only two are known to exist. The Large Queen s were the first issue by the Dominion of Canada they are so called to distinguish them from the 1870 issues the Small Queen s which are similar in appearance but physically smaller. The Large Queens were normally printed on wove paper , but the 1 , 2 , and 3 values were also printed on the less desirable laid paper . The 1 and 3 on laid paper were long known although uncommon. In 1925 a 2 green on laid paper was reported, although many authorities were dubious, and the Scott catalog did not list it until the 1930s. Bileski reported another in 1950. Both copies are used, and in fine condition. The latest auction price recorded is US 125,000. See also List of notable postage stamps Postage stamps and postal history of Canada External links http www.bbdesign.com saskatoon prs 32laid.htm 2c Large Queen, Laid Paper Sold http www.rpsc.org reference sets pics victorian lq.htm Royal Philatelic Society of Canada Large Queen issues Canadian stamps Category Postage stamps of Canada ru ... more details
ethnic group group Alsea image poptime 1774 3,060 br 1806 1,700 br 1875 1,800 br 1961 12 popplace Oregon rels Very little is known about Alsea religion. It is thought to be similar to that of the Coos tribe Coos langs Alsea language Alsea related Yaquina people Yaquina The Alsea were a Native Americans in the United States Native American tribe of Western Oregon . They are probably extinct, although a few members may be mixed in with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz , many of whom live on the Siletz Reservation , where the remaining members were relocated. The name Alsea comes from als iya , the name applied to the Alseas by their neighbors, the Tillamook people Tillamook and Coos people Coos peoples. ref name Bright2004 cite book last Bright first William authorlink William Bright title Native American placenames of the United States url http books.google.com books?id 5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg PA34 accessdate 11 April 2011 year 2004 publisher University of Oklahoma Press isbn 9780806135984 page 34 ref Geography The Alsea lived on the western coast of Oregon, around what is now Alsea Bay at the mouth of the Alsea River . Culture The Alsea hunted seals and sea lions, and fished for salmon. Like many tribes in the area, they flattened the heads of infants. Language Alsea was an Alsean languages Alsean language very closely related to Yaquina people Yaquina . It is now Extinct language extinct . Religion Very little is known about Alsea religion. It is thought to be similar to that of the Coos tribe Coos . Arts The Alsea wore robes of seal skin, wove baskets and made grass raincoats. References Reflist Category Native American tribes in Oregon Category Benton County, Oregon Category Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians NorthAm native stub br Alseeg es Alsea hr Alsea ru sh Alsea ... more details
wiktionary Refimprove date May 2009 An innovator in a general sense, is a person or an organization who is one of the first to introduce into reality something better than before. That often opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation . History Some people that are often called innovators include Isaac Newton pioneered classical mechanics Albert Einstein pioneered Theory of relativity Relativity Sir Richard Arkwright credited for inventing spinning frame Wright Brothers pioneered controlled flight Thomas Edison developed the first economically feasible light bulb Dennis Ritchie co developer of the Unix operating system Karl Benz developed the first automobile with internal combustion Henry Ford pioneered mass produced motor cars Isambard Kingdom Brunel revolutionised public transport and engineering Nikola Tesla pioneered the induction motor Robert H. Goddard pioneered the liquid rocket engine Steve Jobs pioneered the Apple graphical user interface on consumer electronic products Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web ref cite web title Tim Berners Lee Time 100 People of the Century url http www.time.com time time100 scientist profile bernerslee.html publisher Time Magazine accessdate quote He wove the World Wide Web and created a mass medium for the 21st century. The World Wide Web is Berners Lee s alone. He designed it. He loosed it on the world. And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free. ref Benjamin Graham economist and professional investor See also Innovation Timeline of historic inventions References reflist Category Inventors tech stub bg cs Pr kopn k ... more details
Wrapping tissue is a translucent, thin tissue paper used for wrapping and cushioning items. Wrapping tissue is usually found in single sheets or sheet collections of 25, 40, or 50. White tissue is also sold specifically for bulk wrapping in reams of 480 sheets. Some Retailing Shops and stores shops wrap delicate merchandise in folded or crumpled layers of tissue paper to protect it before placing it in bags or boxes for the purchaser. Colored wrapping tissue can be used for an assortment of visually creative purposes. For example, when wetted, the color bleeds a watercolor like layer of tissue paper that stays when you peel off the tissue paper. Tissue paper can be crumpled up to form objects, such as flowers. Tissue paper was used by musicians in the early 1900s to play the comb , producing a sound similar to the kazoo . Jazz musician Red McKenzie was one of the best known players. ref Allmusic class artist id p36810 biography pure url yes Red McKenzie at Allmusic ref For production tissue paper for wrapping is made by the machine glaze process. A slurry of fiber is placed on a forming wire where the water is allowed to drain away. The sheet is then pressed against a felt and pressed against a drying cylinder for the final drying step. The sheet is then pulled away from the dryer and wound up ready for further converting into wrapping paper. See also Cr pe paper Tissue paper Yankee dryer Wove paper References reflist Category Packaging materials Category Paper products Category Craft materials material stub sv Silkespapper ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 Podsafe for Peace is the name established by a group of podsafe artists who first came together in 2005 to perform a Christmas Charitable organization charity song that could legally be played on Podcasting podcasts . Most existing Christmas songs cannot be included in podcasts due to copyright restrictions. In late 2005, Adam Curry played the song If Every Day Were Christmas on his Podcast . After playing it, he commented that the song would be ideal for use as a multiple artist benefit project similar to Band Aid band Band Aid s Feed the World , or USA for Africa USA for Africa s We Are the World tracks . New York based musician Slau , who co wrote the song with Orlando Pagan a member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem , took on the challenge of producing the song. In the following month 32 singers from 9 countries contributed audio files of their performances using the Internet . Slau, who is a recording engineer as well as a singer songwriter, wove the contributed tracks together into a finished version by early December a timeframe that would have been impossible for the slower moving mainstream music industry to achieve. It was decided that all proceeds from the track would be donated to UNICEF , which aids children in need around the world. If Every Day Were Christmas got is first North American terrestrial radio play December 4th on http www.kqcx.com KQCX 99.1 in Queen Creek Arizona, when Chris Doelle s PMC Top10 debuted the song in the 2 spot. References The main http www.podsafeforpeace.org Podsafe for Peace website http podsafeforpeace.org pressrelease.asp The official press release http www.unicef.org UNICEF web site Category Charity singles Category All star recordings Category Podcasting music org stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date December 2007 A Bag face is the front panel of a bag woven by various nomadic tribes of the Middle East and Central Asia for utilitarian and decorative purposes. The nomadic tribes of the Middle East and Central Asia are perhaps more known for the hand knotted carpets and hand woven kilim s flatwoven textiles that they made. These tribes include but are not limited to the Belouch , the Turkmen people Turkmen , the Afshar s, the Bakhtyari , the Qashqai , the Kurds and many others. The bags that they wove were done in the same techniques as the larger rugs they also made. The most common technique is Persian Carpet hand knotted pile , but many tribal bags were also done in the various flat woven techniques including plain weave kilim weave , soumac technique and other less common techniques. These bags were used for various purposes. Often they were used for transporting goods while on migration. They also served as storage containers to be used in the tent or yurt . There are also specialized bags such as bags for carrying mirrors, bags for carrying the Qur an , bags for carrying tent stakes and more. Often the bags are known by specific names based on the function they served. Some common bag names are cuval camel bag , khorjin double sided donkey bags and mafrash bedding bag to name just a few. Often, the back panel of a bag will have little or no design. Generally on bags with knotted pile faces, the back of the bag will be executed in a plain woven kilim technique. From the collecting collector s point of view, the front or the face of the bag is much more interesting and more collectible. Often, with antique bags, the backs of the bag have been separated and discarded at some point and only the bagface remains. Although there are still some tribal weavers weaving nice bags, it is the antique bags and bag faces that are the most prized and the most collected. See also Persian rug Category Central Asian culture Category ... more details
unreferenced date July 2008 The Korean war fan mubuchae Hangul was a Korea Korean martial arts weapon that originated in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. Swords and similar weapons were banned from most people during this time which created a need for weapons that could be held in plain sight without arousing suspicion. They became most popular among the chungin middle class and yangban upper class . Craftsmen discovered a way of taking the pak dahl wood, an extremely resilient birch tree that thrived in the ice storms and harsh seasons of Korea s mountainous peninsula, and tempering it to a hardness that could resist the edged weapons typical of the era. Variations Following traditions of traditional weaponry, Korean war fans were often unique to their wielder and bore many possible combinations. Some wove flexible metal ribbons along the outer most edge for cutting power or preferred feather s that hid finger sized razor blades which would rake upon striking. Others held variations of poisons or were used to conceal other weapons such as throwing blades which could be released in a spread upon snapping the fan open, a technique a few Kook Sool Won Guksulwon artists are said to practice. Poison fans often hid deadly or stunning concoctions in bladders or channels which would open upon spreading the fan, allowing the user to gently direct a gust of irritants and toxins at their opponent over short distances. Folklore and hearsay also suggests occasional traveling merchants trading with China possessed fans with small compartments in the vanes of the fan which held small explosive pellets that upon striking a surface would create a bright and dazzling flash of light, similar in concept to modern Chinese novelty fireworks. See also Buchaechum Korean fan dance Japanese war fan DEFAULTSORT Korean Fighting Fan Category Weapons of Korea ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Refimprove date August 2010 Helen Velando born Montevideo , 3 December 1961 is a Uruguay an writer of books for children and young people. Her books of adventures have become a referent of Uruguayan Literature an infantile contemporary. Biography She studied three years of law school but she left when she determined that art was the motor that moved her soul. She began to sing and to study theater and puppets, and got to have a blues band. She had many jobs she sold books, shoes and clothes, made surveys, wove, was a theater educator and scriptwriter for comedy television. In 1989 she began to write adaptations for theater. In 1993, the year in which she gained a Florencio S nchez Prize as the best new actress, she published her first book. Her great step was in 1999 when, after four years without publishing anything, her book Detectives en el Parque Rod was a great success in Uruguay. ref http biogrivo.blogspot.com 2008 03 la escritora uruguaya helen velando 3.html Biography of Helen Velando in Spanish ref Works Las incre bles historias de Superma pupu, una pulga diferente 1993 Una pulga interplanataria 1995 Cuentos de otras lunas 1996 Detectives en el Parque Rod 1999 Misterio en el Cabo Polonio 2001 Detectives en el Cementerio Central 2002 Fantasmas en la Sierra de las nimas 2002 Los cazaventuras 1, 2 y 3 2003, 2004, 2005 Memorias de una gripe 2005 Piratas del Santa Lucia 2005 Cazaventura y el Tesoro de las Guayanas 2006 References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Velando, Helen ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 3 December 1961 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Velando, Helen Category Uruguayan writers Category Children s writers Category 1961 births Category Living people Category Uruguayan women writers es Helen Velando ... more details
SS Jeddah was a steamship that was originally thought sunk with a great loss of life among the Muslim pilgrims aboard. On 17 July 1880 the S.S. Jeddah sailed from Singapore bound for Penang and Jeddah , with 778 men, 147 women and 67 children on board. The passengers were Muslims from the Malay states and they were traveling to Mecca and Medina for the holy pilgrimage. The Jeddah sailed under the British flag and was crewed largely by British officers. It was owned by the Singapore Steamship Company , whose managing director, Syed Mohamed al Sagoff , came from a wealthy Arab family well established in Singapore. Syed Omar al Sagoff , Muhammad s nephew, was on board at the time of the incident. After terrible weather conditions in the first week of passage, the ships boilers started adrift from their seatings and the Jeddah had been taking in water. The vessel sprang a large leak, the water rose rapidly and the captain and officers abandoned the heavily listing ship taking Syed Omar with them. They were picked up by another vessel and taken to Aden where they told a story of violent passengers and a foundering ship. The pilgrims were left to their fate, an apparently certain death. However, to much astonishment, given reports of its loss, on 8 August a French steamship towed the Jeddah into Aden the pilgrims had survived. They had been abandoned by those meant to protect them and an official inquiry followed into this great scandal. It is strongly suspected that this dishonorable tale inspired Joseph Conrad , who had landed in Singapore in 1883, and that he wove the main themes of Lord Jim around it using the name SS Patna for his fictional pilgrim ship. See also Augustine Podmore Williams External links Sources http www.plimsoll.org resources SCCLibraries WreckReports 14642.asp Wreck Report for Jeddah , 1881 DEFAULTSORT Jeddah Category Steamships Category Passenger ships of the United Kingdom sh SS Jeddah ... more details
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