Acanthus

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Book of Hours, Use of Carmel, f.66v (157 x 110 mm), ca.1511, Alexander Turnbull Library, MSR-11. Three-quarter borders introduce each of the Hours of the Virgin from Prime to Vespers. This page introduces Vespers. The borders are of conventional early sixteenth-century floral acanthus design. Image via Flickr Commons. No known copyright restrictions. https://flic.kr/p/9qHW4F

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Language code"Language code" is a predefined property that represents a BCP47 formatted language code and is provided by Semantic MediaWiki.	Translated term	Source	Citation textThis property is a special property in this wiki.	Status	Skos:scopeNote
de	Akanthus		Citation needed!
en	acanthus1	Etherington	Roberts, Don., et al. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books : a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Library of Congress : For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1982.		The name given a leaf of the acanthus plant (Acanthus spinosus) introduced as ornamentation in ancient Greek architecture.
es	acanto		Citation needed!
fr	acanthe		Citation needed!
it	acanto		Citation needed!

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  Book of hours

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{{Concept translation|language=en|label=acanthus]]<ref name="Kuhn">Kuhn, Hilde. Wörterbuch Der Handbuchbinderei Und Der Restaurierung: Von Einbänden, Papyri, Handschriften, Graphiken, Autographen, Urkunden Und Globen in Deutscher, Englischer, Französischer Und Italienischer Sprache. Stuttgart: Hettler, 1969. Print.</ref>

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{{Concept translation|language=de|label=Akanthus]]<ref name="Kuhn" />

{{Concept translation|language=it|label=acanto]] <ref name="Kuhn" />

{{Concept translation|language=es|label=acanto]]<ref name="Kuhn" />

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