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Silver standards refer to the standards of millesimal fineness for the silver alloy used in the manufacture or crafting of silver objects. This list is organized from highest to lowest millesimal fineness, or purity of the silver.
The Sinaia lead plates (Romanian: Tăblițele de la Sinaia) are a set of lead plates written in an unknown language or constructed language.They are alleged to be a chronicle of the Dacians, but are considered by some scholars to be modern forgeries. [1]
The Silver Knife Church (Romanian: Biserica Cuțitul de Argint) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 1 Cuțitul de Argint Street in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Feast of the Transfiguration. The church is located on Filaret Hill, adjacent to Carol Park.
The word argent had the same meaning in Old French blazon, whence it passed into the English language. In some historical depictions of coats of arms, a kind of silver leaf was applied to those parts of the device that were argent. Over time, the silver content of these depictions has tarnished and darkened.
Crystals of silver nitrate under a microscope. Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula AgNO 3.It is a versatile precursor to many other silver compounds, such as those used in photography.
The chemical symbol Ag is from the Latin word for silver, argentum (compare Ancient Greek ἄργυρος, árgyros), from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erǵ-(formerly reconstructed as *arǵ-), meaning ' white ' or ' shining '. This was the usual Proto-Indo-European word for the metal, whose reflexes are missing in Germanic and Balto-Slavic.
Former logo, used until October 2019. Pandora was founded in 1982 by Danish goldsmith Per Enevoldsen and, his then-wife, Winnie Enevoldsen. [9] The pair began on a small scale by importing jewelry from Thailand and selling to consumers.
Impressed by Brâncuși's talent for carving, an industrialist enrolled him in the Craiova School of Arts and Crafts (școala de arte și meserii), where he pursued his love for woodworking, graduating with honors in 1898. [5] He then enrolled in the Bucharest School of Fine Arts, where he received academic training in sculpture.