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The Roman-Celtic settlement was founded in 36 or 35 BC and originally named Arausio, after a Celtic water god. [9] The Principality of Orange was named for this place and not for the color. Some time after the sixteenth century, though, the color orange was adopted as a canting symbol of the House of Orange-Nassau. [10]
The sweet orange, Citrus x sinensis, [10] is not a wild fruit, but arose in domestication in East Asia. It originated in a region encompassing Southern China, Northeast India, [11] and Myanmar. [12] The fruit was created as a cross between a non-pure mandarin orange and a hybrid pomelo that had a substantial mandarin component.
Orange (Al Stewart album), a 1972 folk album; Orange (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion album), a 1994 alternative rock album; Orange (Watanabe Misato album), a 2003 J-pop album; Orange (Mario Pavone album), a 2003 jazz album; Orange (2010 soundtrack), from the Telugu romantic film of the same name; Orange (Dark Suns album), a 2011 studio album
Shakespeare was born to William Shakespeare, Sr. and Lydia A. Markley in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1869. [1] He invented the level-winding fishing reel. [2] Shakespeare also founded and was one of the key people of Shakespeare Fishing Tackle, [3] which he founded in 1897, as a fisherman aiming to improve the fishing-reel mechanism.
The playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw mocked the cult of Shakespeare worship as "bardolatry", claiming that the new naturalism of Ibsen's plays had made Shakespeare obsolete. [261] The modernist revolution in the arts during the early 20th century, far from discarding Shakespeare, eagerly enlisted his work in the service of the avant-garde.
The Pleading in English Act 1362 made English the only language in which court proceedings could be held, though the official record remained in Latin. [26] By the end of the century, the royal court had switched to English. Anglo-Norman remained in use in limited circles somewhat longer, but it had ceased to be a living language.
Make the filling: Toss the sugar and orange zest together in a small bowl and sprinkle evenly over the top. Beginning with the long side, roll the dough into a jellyroll and, with a floured ...
The first known illustration was a woodcut of the tomb scene, [187] thought to be created by Elisha Kirkall, which appeared in Nicholas Rowe's 1709 edition of Shakespeare's plays. [188] Five paintings of the play were commissioned for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in the late 18th century, one representing each of the five acts of the play ...