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Our article on Livonia includes this rather splendid picture by Dürer. Is the burqa/birthday cake type affair in the middle accurate, or could it be Dürer's fantasy? If real, were such things common in medieval Europe, or was this a particularly Livonian taste? Henry Flower 04:52, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
According to this page, from the Finnish National Board of Antiquities, as late as the 18th Century Livonian women were wearing a garment with prehistoric roots in the Baltics and Finland, a large shawl fastened at the front with a silver clasp and covering the head and shoulders. There is unfortunately no illustration, but my guess is this would be the "burqa" in Dürer’s drawing, although Dürer is no doubt embellishing a bit.-- Rallette ( talk) 07:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Here claims that it is one of 4 publicly funded art universities in Canada (paraphrased). Which are the other 3? Curb Chain ( talk) 10:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Quote from "Looking back" by EM Creighton: "Beagles are not given 'doggy' names, they have what is known as hound names.". What does this mean? Kittybrewster ☎ 10:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Main Question: Is it just a coincidence that the Mayan calendar rolls over to the next long count on the winter solstice?
It's my understanding that the Mayan long count calendar is not designed to track the seasons (as the Gregorian calendar does) but rather just to count the number of days since their creation, which is why it does not have any leap days. Is this correct?. If it is, then is it just a coincidence that the next rollover on 13.0.0.0.0 happens to fall on the winter solstice? Thanks in advance for any help. -- CGPGrey ( talk) 11:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Given the current economic problems in Europe (Greece, Portugal, Spain, etc.) and the European Union being in disarray, do you think it will cease to exist in the way the Soviet Union ceased to exist? B-Machine ( talk) 17:26, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
It can't cease to exist in the way that the Soviet Union ceased to exist, because it does not exist in the way that the Soviet Union existed. The members of the EU have much more sovereignty than Soviet republics had. Looie496 ( talk) 19:35, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
So I checked the section about Australian crown copyright, but there is no mention of how long it lasts, unlike the other sections. However, in the article about Cyclone Tracy, there is a mention of a "30-year rule". Does that mean that crown copyright in Australia lasts for 30 years? Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 22:32, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
I've been (hopefully) improving the Black Brunswickers article, which has a " Wikipedia:Good articles/History" rating, despite (until very recently) containing some machine-translated gibberish from the German article. Anyway, this site, describing the demise of the "Black Duke" at the Battle of Quatre Bras says; " It was a fatal wound, the musketball smashed through the Duke's one hand, his abdomen and his liver." Our article Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel doesn't even mention that he only had one hand. So what happened to the other one? Google has failed me for once. Alansplodge ( talk) 23:18, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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Our article on Livonia includes this rather splendid picture by Dürer. Is the burqa/birthday cake type affair in the middle accurate, or could it be Dürer's fantasy? If real, were such things common in medieval Europe, or was this a particularly Livonian taste? Henry Flower 04:52, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
According to this page, from the Finnish National Board of Antiquities, as late as the 18th Century Livonian women were wearing a garment with prehistoric roots in the Baltics and Finland, a large shawl fastened at the front with a silver clasp and covering the head and shoulders. There is unfortunately no illustration, but my guess is this would be the "burqa" in Dürer’s drawing, although Dürer is no doubt embellishing a bit.-- Rallette ( talk) 07:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Here claims that it is one of 4 publicly funded art universities in Canada (paraphrased). Which are the other 3? Curb Chain ( talk) 10:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Quote from "Looking back" by EM Creighton: "Beagles are not given 'doggy' names, they have what is known as hound names.". What does this mean? Kittybrewster ☎ 10:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Main Question: Is it just a coincidence that the Mayan calendar rolls over to the next long count on the winter solstice?
It's my understanding that the Mayan long count calendar is not designed to track the seasons (as the Gregorian calendar does) but rather just to count the number of days since their creation, which is why it does not have any leap days. Is this correct?. If it is, then is it just a coincidence that the next rollover on 13.0.0.0.0 happens to fall on the winter solstice? Thanks in advance for any help. -- CGPGrey ( talk) 11:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Given the current economic problems in Europe (Greece, Portugal, Spain, etc.) and the European Union being in disarray, do you think it will cease to exist in the way the Soviet Union ceased to exist? B-Machine ( talk) 17:26, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
It can't cease to exist in the way that the Soviet Union ceased to exist, because it does not exist in the way that the Soviet Union existed. The members of the EU have much more sovereignty than Soviet republics had. Looie496 ( talk) 19:35, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
So I checked the section about Australian crown copyright, but there is no mention of how long it lasts, unlike the other sections. However, in the article about Cyclone Tracy, there is a mention of a "30-year rule". Does that mean that crown copyright in Australia lasts for 30 years? Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 22:32, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
I've been (hopefully) improving the Black Brunswickers article, which has a " Wikipedia:Good articles/History" rating, despite (until very recently) containing some machine-translated gibberish from the German article. Anyway, this site, describing the demise of the "Black Duke" at the Battle of Quatre Bras says; " It was a fatal wound, the musketball smashed through the Duke's one hand, his abdomen and his liver." Our article Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel doesn't even mention that he only had one hand. So what happened to the other one? Google has failed me for once. Alansplodge ( talk) 23:18, 8 March 2012 (UTC)