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

English

Translations for "acanthus"

• English: 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>

• Danish: (translation needed)}

• Dutch: (translation needed)

{{Concept translation|language=fr|label=acanthe]]<ref name="Kuhn" />

• German: Akanthus<ref name="Kuhn" />

• Italian: acanto <ref name="Kuhn" />

• Latin: (translation needed)

• Spanish: acanto<ref name="Kuhn" />

• Swedish: (translation needed)

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