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ANACHRONISME [3 records]

Record 1 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Archaeology
OBS

The arts include songs, folk, story-telling, and juggling, but generally don't include consort music. The SCA covers (theoretically) mostly Western Europe from the fall of Rome until 1600.

OBS

Members of the SCA practice many arts, sciences, and pasttimes of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, both to broaden their knowledge, and to enhance the atmosphere at Society events. They do this through research, study, and practice, and then share their results with others. The SCA helps those interested in re-creating and studying mediavel and renaissance activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Archéologie
OBS

La Société d'anachronisme créatif offre de nombreuses ressources sur la musique ancienne.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
OBS

Anachronism: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially: one that belongs to a former age and is incongruous if found in the present.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Juxtaposition ou mélange de concepts ou d'objets n'appartenant pas à la même époque et dont la coexistence crée un effet choquant ou risible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
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Record 3 1983-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a crediting of an event to a time earlier or later than the real period

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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