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  2. Maya stelae - Wikipedia

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    The stela bears ruler wielding a God K sceptre; a war captive is depicted underneath the ruler's image.Due to the similarity of the ruler's image and the similar dating to Stela 1, Stela 4 is believed to have been dedicated by Rabbit God K. [238] [239] [234] Stela 5 c.800 Rabbit God K: Ixkun: Guatemala

  3. Pica (typography) - Wikipedia

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    As books are most often printed with proportional fonts, cpp of a given font is usually a fractional number. For example, an 11-point font (like Helvetica) may have 2.4 cpp, [5] [6] thus a 5-inch (30-pica) line of a usual octavo-sized (6×8 in) book page would contain around 72 characters (including spaces). [7] [8]

  4. Ruler - Wikipedia

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    A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]

  5. Standard ruler - Wikipedia

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    A standard ruler is an astronomical object for which the actual physical size is known. ... This page was last edited on 8 October 2023, at 16:46 (UTC).

  6. Copán - Wikipedia

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    Very little is known about Rulers 3 to 6 in the dynastic succession, although it is known from a fragment of a broken monument reused as construction fill in a later building that one of them was a son of Popol Hol. Ruler 3 is depicted on the 8th-century Altar Q, but his name glyph has broken away. Ku Ix was the 4th ruler in the succession.

  7. Christ in Majesty - Wikipedia

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    Christ in Majesty or Christ in Glory (Latin: Maiestas Domini) [1] is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by other sacred figures, whose membership changes over time and according to the context.

  8. List of kings of Copán - Wikipedia

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    Image Dynastic succession no. Alternative Names K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' 426 - c. 437 1 Great-Sun First Quetzal Macaw K'inich Popol Hol: c. 437 2 Great-Sun name unknown c. 455 3 Ruler 3: Ku Ix: c. 465 4 K'altuun Hix, Tuun K'ab' Hix name unknown c. 476 5 Ruler 5: Muyal Jol: c. 485 6 Ruler 6 B'alam Nehn: 504–544 7 Jaguar Mirror; Waterlily-Jaguar ...

  9. Geomantic figures - Wikipedia

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    The 16 geomantic figures are primary symbols utilized in geomancy, an ancient divinatory practice. ... Its planetary ruler is Chashmodai, its Intelligence is the ...