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A circlet is a piece of headwear that is similar to a diadem or a corolla. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The word 'circlet' is also used to refer to the base of a crown or a coronet , with or without a cap . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Diadem and circlet are often used interchangeably, [ 6 ] and 'open crowns' with no arches (as opposed to ' closed crowns ') have also been ...
axial fire Fire oriented towards the ends of the ship; the opposite of broadside fire. In the Age of Sail, this was known as "raking fire". aye, aye (/ ˌ aɪ ˈ aɪ /) A reply to an order or command to indicate that it, firstly, is heard; and, secondly, is understood and will be carried out (e.g. "Aye, aye, sir" to officers). Also the proper ...
The Middle Ages broadly inherited the concept of the four elements of earth, water, air and fire arranged in concentric spheres about the earth as centre: [3] as the purest of the four elements, fire - and the sphere of fire - stood highest in the ascending sequence of the scala naturae, and closest to the superlunary world of the aether. [4]
Embrasure with 3 angles of fire, Keoti Fort, India A loophole or inverted keyhole embrasure, allowing both arrow fire (through the arrowslit at the top) and small cannon fire through the circular openings, Fort-la-Latte, France Embrasure of Chinese wall Embrasures at Mdina, Malta Embrasure at Atalaya Castle (Spain) Annotated sketch of an Italian battlement
In Dante's Inferno, which is the first part of The Divine Comedy, Phlegethon is described as a river of blood that boils souls.It is in the Seventh Circle of Hell, which punishes those who committed crimes of violence against their fellow men (see Canto XII, 46–48); murderers, tyrants, and the like.
The mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, from the British Museum, of Aztec or Mixtec provenance. [9]Xiuhtecuhtli's face is painted with black and red pigment. [16] Xiuhtecuhtli was usually depicted adorned with turquoise mosaic, wearing the turquoise xiuhuitzolli crown of rulership on his head and a turquoise butterfly pectoral on his chest, [27] and he often wears a descending turquoise xiuhtototl bird ...
The Bhagavad Gita verse 4.27 describes the yoga of self-control as the sacrifice of the actions of the senses and of prāṇa in the fire kindled by knowledge. [14] More generally, the conquest of the senses, the mind, and prāṇa is seen as an essential step on the yogin's path to samadhi , or indeed as the goal of yoga. [ 15 ]
Kōjin, also known as Sambō-Kōjin or Sanbō-Kōjin (三宝荒神), is the Japanese kami (god) of fire, the hearth and the kitchen. He is sometimes called Kamado-gami , literally the god of the stove. [citation needed] He represents violent forces that are turned toward the betterment of humankind.