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Object. A simple, small martinet. A martinet is a short, scourge -like (multi-tail) type of whip made of a wooden handle of about 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length and about 10 lashes of equal, relatively short length. The lashes are usually made of leather, but sometimes soap -stiffened cords are used in place of leather.
Year. 1896. Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 91 cm × 72 cm (36 in × 28 in) Location. Musée Anne de Beaujeu, Moulins, Allier. La Vérité sortant du puits armée de son martinet pour châtier l'humanité (English: Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity) is an 1896 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.
Jean Martinet. Jean Martinet (d. 1672) was a French lieutenant-colonel and Inspector General, and one of the first great drill masters of modern times. Martinet served during the reign of Louis XIV and made way to French conquest in the Holy Roman Empire. He was a severe drillmaster, which made him unpopular among his troops.
Charles Andre Martinet [3] was born on September 17, 1955, [4] in San Jose or Cupertino, California [1]: 337 to father Jacques René Pierre Martinet. [5] The younger of two children, he has an older brother, John, though he was taller than him despite being the younger sibling, and while his brother was extroverted, Charles was shy and more anxiety-driven than him in his youth.
A discipline is a small scourge (whip) used as an instrument of penance by certain members of some Christian denominations (including Roman Catholics, Anglicans, [1] among others) [2] in the spiritual discipline known as mortification of the flesh. Many disciplines comprise seven cords, symbolizing the seven deadly sins and seven virtues.
The silver mark of "G&J.Z." was registered with the Birmingham Assay Office in 1884. George Percy Zair took over running the firm after his father died in 1914. Having successfully steered the firm through the war, he incorporated the firm as G. & J. Zair Ltd in 1924. By the end of 1926 he and his widowed mother, who between them held most of ...
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The Martinet was also developed into a relatively secret aircraft in response to Specification Q.10/43, which called for a radio-controlled target drone. This aircraft, designated the M.50 Queen Martinet, was only produced in small numbers, and its existence was a state secret until 1946. Several other derivatives of the basic airframe were ...