- In architecture, a
vault (French voûte, from
Italian volta) is a self-supporting
arched form,
usually of
stone or brick,
serving to
cover a
space with...
-
Force (RAF). It
features an
eagle superimposed on a circlet,
which is
surmounted by a crown. The
badge was
based on a
design by a
tailor at
Gieves Ltd...
- the
congregation is the
labeled emblem of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus,
surmounted by a cross. This
symbol is
often sewn into the
attire of its congregants...
- centuries,
modified in the 18th century). It has a
large Gothic portal surmounted by a rose window. It
houses some
parts of a
polyptych by
Ambrogio Lorenzetti...
- Sun was
worshipped as the god Ra, portra**** as a falcon-headed
divinity surmounted by the
solar disk. In the New
Empire period, the Sun
became identified...
- aristocrats. John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore,
built a
hothouse on his
estate surmounted by a huge
stone cupola 14
metres tall in the
shape of the fruit; it is...
- 6000 - c. 3150 BCE).
Serket is
often depicted as a
woman whose head is
surmounted by a
scorpion with its tail is
ready to sting, an ankh in one hand, and...
- term πυλών 'gate'. It
consists of two
pyramidal towers, each
tapered and
surmounted by a cornice,
joined by a less
elevated section enclosing the entrance...
- Christianity, the
crozier has two
common forms: tau-shaped, with
curved arms,
surmounted by a
small cross; or a pair of
sculptured serpents or
dragons curled back...
-
initials of the monarch's name and title,
sometimes interwoven and
often surmounted by a crown. Such a
cypher as used by an
emperor or
empress is
called an...
