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Shield of the Trinity. The Shield of the Trinity or Scutum Fidei (Latin for "shield of faith") is a traditional Christian visual symbol which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of the Trinity, summarizing the first part of the Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram. In late medieval Europe, this emblem was considered to be the heraldic arms ...
The shield's design as interpreted by Angelo Monticelli, from Le Costume Ancien ou Moderne, ca. 1820. The shield of Achilles is the shield that Achilles uses in his fight with Hector, famously described in a passage in Book 18, lines 478–608 of Homer 's Iliad. The intricately detailed imagery on the shield has inspired many different ...
Face shield. A United States Navy Electrician's Mate wearing a face shield while checking for bad fuses on a lighting panel. Nurse using a face shield during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014. A face shield, an item of personal protective equipment (PPE), aims to protect the wearer's entire face (or part of it) from hazards such as ...
Vanity was powered by two Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft using steam provided by three Yarrow boilers. The turbines developed a total of 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). [ 1] The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 2,600 nautical miles ...
Charles Allan Gilbert. Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 – April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing (a memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring ...
Ballistic face mask. Ballistic face mask as part of the Mounted Soldier System. A ballistic face mask, also known as facial armor, is a type of personal armor designed to protect the wearer's face from ballistic threats. Ballistic face masks are usually made of Kevlar or other bullet resistant materials and the inside of the mask may be padded ...
The scutum was a 10-kilogram (22 lb) [13] large rectangle curved shield made from three sheets of wood glued together and covered with canvas and leather, usually with a spindle shaped boss along the vertical length of the shield.
Taylor Swift fans joined artists like Carole King and politicians including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for a Zoom call organized by the group “Swifties for Kamala” in an ...