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  2. Ottoman (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    Hinged seats also began to appear, so that the space inside the ottoman could be used to store items. The ottoman footstool, a closely allied piece of furniture, was an upholstered footstool on four legs, which could also be used as a fireside seat, the seat covered with carpet, embroidery, or beadwork. By the 20th century, the word ottoman ...

  3. Footstool - Wikipedia

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    Footstools have been known for many years, and have evolved throughout history. The footstool is attested in ancient Egypt, where it was utilized to ascend chairs perched high off the ground. It was also used to rest a person's feet when he or she was seated. In the 18th century a low, long footstool called a fender stool was popular.

  4. Alexandrian text-type - Wikipedia

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    That is to say, later scribes tended to polish scripture and improve its literary style. Glosses would occasionally be added as verses during the process of copying a Bible by hand. From the ninth century onward, most surviving manuscripts are of the Byzantine type. [1]

  5. English Standard Version - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Crossway published the ESV Study Bible, which would go on to sell more than one million copies. [33] In 2009, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) named the ESV Study Bible as Christian Book of the Year. This was the first time in the award's 30-year history to be given to a study Bible. [34]

  6. Turkish clogs - Wikipedia

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    The earlier form were called "nalins" and originated during the Ottoman period. Nalins came to be artistic objects which indicated the wearer's social standing. As domestic baths became more common the rituals of the bath house declined and nalins were replaced with the simpler "takunya". Takunya are also worn outside of the bath house.

  7. ESV Study Bible - Wikipedia

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    The ESV Study Bible was first published in October 2008, having been supported by a $1 million campaign. [6] The first printing of the ESVSB, consisting of 100,000 copies, sold out prior to completion. Within the first six months of availability, 300,000 copies had been printed in total. [1] The ESVSB eventually went on to sell over 1 million ...

  8. Rum (endonym) - Wikipedia

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    Non-Ottoman Muslims in the classical period called the Ottomans Rumis because of the Byzantine legacy that was inherited by the Ottoman Empire. [10] In the Sassanian period (pre-Islamic Persia), the word Hrōmāy-īg (Middle Persian) meant "Roman" or "Byzantine" and was derived from the Byzantine Greek word Rhomaioi. [citation needed] The Latin ...

  9. Stool (seat) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] In the medieval period, seating consisted of benches , stools, and the very rare examples of throne-like chairs as an indication of status. The stools had two forms: the boarded [ 4 ] or Gothic [ 3 ] stool, a short bench with two board-like feet at the ends [ 3 ] and also the simple turned stool.