mediaeval
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Helpfully, Naismith had "a powerhouse of early mediaeval numismatic research" on his doorstep: The Fitzwilliam Museum.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
The mediaeval minarets of Herat sustained some damage, photographs on social media showed, with cracks visible and tiles fallen off.
From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2023
It had to be measured with utter precision in order to slot into the corners of the mediaeval masonry where the original architects had put their first roof frame 900 years ago.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2023
“The glamorous vast multiplicity, all made up of differences, mediaeval, romantic differences,” D. H. Lawrence wrote, in “Mr. Noon,” his semi-fictional account of crossing the Alps with Frieda Weekley after their elopement.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016
I remember all those mediaeval paintings, the hand raised, open to show there is no weapon: Go in peace.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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