10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURVIFOLIATE»
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curvifoliate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
curvifoliate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Temple Architecture of the Western Himalaya: Wooden Temples
The first outermost narrow strip carries deeply undercut and elaborately
curvifoliate scroll, running all through on both the ends. This element is
succeeded by a wider one, on which a complex form of serpent, with its pulsating
and scaly body ...
2
Three Alliterative Saints' Hymns: Late Middle English ...
This illumination is professional in its proportions and execution, but somewhat
primitive in form: basically curvilinear, with S-curves, curls and curvifoliate
acanthus leaves that approach reversed S-chains, the surrounding leaves
lanceolate, ...
3
Gaddi Land in Chamba: Its History, Art & Culture : New Light ...
The niches at the top, with curvifoliate lintel, enclose four armed heavy-built male
figures, each holding different objects in their hands. Next is a convex band. It is
made of lotus petals, tied with the strings of beads into an elaborate wreath.
4
Naga Cults and Traditions in the Western Himalaya
Parashar (Naga) temple (plan). decorations may be of around sixteenth century,
when the well- modelled and deep-chiselled curvifoliate devices were replaced
by the folkish wooden art forms. The Parashar Rishi temple, being located far ...
5
Buddhist Monasteries of Himachal
Behind him is an elaborate profusion of curvifoliate decorations and mythical
faunal devices. Above him, set in the floral arrangement, is a small image of an
indeterminate deity, he may be Sarvavid. Sixteen deities are represented
attending ...
6
Panorama of Himalayan architecture
The outer surfaces of garbh-grih four-wall is fluently carved in deep relief with the
ornate and stylised floral motifs. The luxuriant curvifoliate scrolls and the stylised
forms of Nags profusely adorn the door-stiles, pillars and brackets to affirm the ...
7
A Portuguese-English Dictionary
curvidentate. curvifoliado -da (adj., Bot.) curvifoliate. curvtgrafo (m.) an arcograph.
curvilhSo (m.z = cuRVEjXo. curvillneo -nea (adj.) curvilinear; curvaceous.
curvlmetro (m.) curvometer. curviriostro -tra (adj., Zool.) curvirostral. curvo -va (adj
.) ...
James Lumpkin Taylor, Priscilla Clark Martin, 1970
8
The Chambers Dictionary
... the ground (dressage); a leap, frolic. — vi (kjr-vef or kur'vet) to leap in curvets;
to frisk: — pr p curvetting or cur1 veting; pa I and pa p curvetted or curveted. [Ital
corvetta, dimin of corvo, from L curvus] curvicaudate. curvifoliate, curvilinear etc.
9
Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... committed offence guilty having common sense sensible having constant
entropy isentropic having corolla and calyx dichlamydeous having cover insured
having curved leaves curvifoliate having curved ribs curvicostate having cutting
edge ...
Amongst the floral motifs, branches and bunches and grapes and grape leaves,
intertwining creepers with leaves, chinar leaves and jasmine petal and rose
motifs arranged in curvifoliate formations are popular with them, chaukalia (four ...
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