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bucrania (<figure- and animal-derived motifs>, motifs, ... Design Elements (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Motifs representing the head or skull of an ox, often garlanded, common in classical style friezes. |
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bucrania (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
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bucrania (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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bucranium (C,U,English,AD,U,U)
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bucranium (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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bucranes (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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牛頭骨裝飾 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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牛頭雕飾 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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牛頭 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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牛頭繪飾 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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niú tóu gǔ zhuāng shì (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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niu tou gu zhuang shi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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niu t'ou ku chuang shih (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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bucrâne (C,U,French-P,UF,U,U)
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bucráneos (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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bucráneo (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: D.DG |
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.... Design Elements (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ design elements (attributes) (G) |
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............ motifs (G) |
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................ <figure- and animal-derived motifs> (G) |
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.................... bucrania (G) |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ visual works (works) (G) |
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................ <visual works by subject type> (G) |
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.................... figures (representations) (G) |
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........................ <figures by portion represented> (G) |
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............................ heads (representations) (G) |
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................................ bucrania (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 代表經常是戴上花冠的牛頭或牛頭骨之主題,在古典風格的柱子帶狀裝飾中很常見。 |
Dutch ..... Motieven die de kop of de schedel van een os voorstellen, vaak omkransd, gebruikelijk in friezen van klassieke stijl. |
Spanish ..... Motivos que representan la cabeza o cráneo de un buey, a menudo enguirnaldado, común en frisos de estilo clásico. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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bucranium............ |
[RKD, AAT-Ned, VP] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977) illustration, 128 |
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Fleming et al., Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (1981) |
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Harris, Historic Architecture Sourcebook (1977) illustration, 76 |
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Koch, Europese bouwstijlen (1988) |
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Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986) illustration, 64 |
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