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GARLAND [11 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

Garland : an item in the "Ceremonial Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

guirlande : objet de la classe «Objets cérémoniels» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

shot Garland : an item in the "Armaments" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

parc à boulets : objet de la classe «Armement» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A scalloped pattern along the edges of a canvas indicating where the original tacks or staples held the fabric to an auxiliary support during sizing and priming of the canvas.

OBS

The presence of a tension garland can help to determine the original dimensions of a painting when the size has been changed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Motif festonné sur les bords de la toile, indiquant l'emplacement des broquettes ou des agrafes ayant servi à l'origine à fixer la toile sur un support auxiliaire, durant son encollage et l'application de la préparation.

OBS

La présence d'une guirlande de tension est utile pour estimer les dimensions initiales d'une toile dont la taille a été modifiée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A forceps used during a hysterectomy to clamp off a very tough ligament that must be severed from both sides of the uterus.

OBS

There are many varieties of hysterectomy forceps or hysterectomy clamps bearing the name of their inventor : Anderson hysterectomy clamp; Bonney hysterectomy forceps; Faure hysterectomy forceps; Garland hysterectomy clamp; Glenner hysterectomy forceps or Glenner hysterectomy clamp; Kocher hysterectomy forceps; Heaney hysterectomy forceps or Heaney hysterectomy clamp; Heaney-Ballantine hysterectomy forceps or Heaney-Ballantine hysterectomy clamp; Howard-Kelly hysterectomy forceps; Harrison-Cripp's hysterectomy clamp; Hunter hysterectomy forceps; Long hysterectomy forceps; Maingot hysterectomy clamp; Masterson hysterectomy forceps or Masterson hysterectomy clamp; Moynihan hysterectomy clamp; Phaneuf hysterectomy forceps; Rochester-Pean hysterectomy forceps; Rogers hysterectomy clamp; Wertheim hysterectomy forceps; Wertheim-Cullen hysterectomy forceps; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

A garland or entwined wreath of leaves and flowers, or of flowers alone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
  • Art History and Theory
CONT

The X radiograph shows the presence of a very wide garland system(a wavy distortion in the weave of the canvas which indicates the location of point attachment-nails-to the stretcher).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)
OBS

Lei : a wreath, garland or necklace of flowers, leaves, shells, or other materials that is a symbol of affection in Polynesia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Floriculture
OBS

Le terme "lei" ne semble pas être connu en français.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbols, Motifs and Ornaments (Arts)
DEF

Specifically, a decorative carving or painting of a garland of leaves, flowers, and fruit arranged in a hanging loop between two points from which depend wavy ribbons or vine-like extensions of the foliage and flowers.

OBS

Swag: sometimes used as an alternative for festoon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symboles, motifs et ornements (Arts)
DEF

Motif ornemental fait d'une chaîne de feuillages, de fleurs, voire de fruits, retombant entre deux points, ou d'une série de points auxquels elle est accrochée.

OBS

Certains dictionnaires donnent parfois comme synonymes les termes : feston et encarpe.

Spanish

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Record 9 1978-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Geography
OBS

Lei : a wreath, garland, or necklace of flowers, leaves, or other materials that is a symbol of affection in Polynesia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie humaine

Spanish

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Record 10 1978-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Geography
OBS

Lei : a wreath, garland, or necklace of flowers, leaves, or other materials that is a symbol of affection in Polynesia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie humaine

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

from the German Kranzlein, "a small garland, "applied to the chaplet that crosses a shield. Said to be an augmentation conferred on Bernhard of Ascania, by the Emperor Barbarossa, who took from his head his own chaplet of rue, and threw it across the shield of Duke Bernhard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Montée de couronne aplatie et posée en bande. Se dit des couronnes posées en bandes et se terminant au bord de l'écu. Ce mot d'origine allemande signifie héraldique.

Spanish

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