Sentences with phrase «inscriptions identifying»

In fact, there are only two paintings with contemporary inscriptions identifying Giorgione as the artist.

The most puzzling aspect of the find is an inscription identifying a Roman military man named Gaianos as the donor who paid for the mosaics — either a suicidal gesture of generosity in a time when the practice of Christianity carried the death penalty, or an indication that the church was built during a period of relative open - mindedness.

A similar sandstone head, complete with an inscription identifying it as Antenociticus, was found at Benwell, in Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1862.

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The only way I could identify that statue was reading the name or inscriptions the statue bears.

Sacks's survey includes forays into topics ranging from the history of typesetting to the twisty tale of c, k, and q. (The Phoenicians pronounced the precursors of k and q in slightly different ways, while the Etruscans replaced the Greek gamma - which stood for a sound they did not use - with the crescent - shaped c.) He carefully delves into the archaeological evidence for the alphabet's origins, describing the oldest known alphabetic inscriptions, dating to about 1800 B.C., which were recently identified among rock carvings at Wadi el - Hol in central Egypt.

The engine can be identified by the «Powered by M» inscription on the central cam cover between the two banks of cylinders.

Unsigned, stamped «STEFAN LORANT COLLECTION» and identified in an inscription on the reverse mount.

Hyman Bloom signed and dated «Nicholas Dean 1954» on the mount l.r., sitter identified in inscription on the More...

Unsigned, stamped «STEFAN LORANT COLLECTION» and identified in an inscription on the reverse.

Five Photographs: David Lubbers (American, b. 1947), Willard and Murray Van Dyke, White Cliffs near Abiquiu, New Mexico, August 1981, signed «Lubbers» in pencil on mount l.r., titled in pencil on mount l.c., gelatin silver print, 10 x 12 5/8 in., matted, unframed; Walter Chappell (American, 1925 - 2000), Wild Mountain Plaza Blano, New Mexico, 1983, signed «Walter Chappell» in pencil on the mount l.r., titled and dated on the reverse of the mount, gelatin silver print, 10 5/8 x 13 1/4 in., matted, unframed; Susan Crocker (American, b. 1940), New Mexico»89 Acoma, 1989, signed and titled «Susan Crocker...» in pencil on the reverse, gelatin silver print, sheet size 19 7/8 x 16 in., matted, unframed; Joan Myers (American, b. 1944), Monument Valley Bush, 1979, printed 1981, signed and dated «Joan Myers, 1979» in pencil l.r., titled in pencil l.l., signed, dated, and identified in an inscription on the reverse, platinum - palladium print, image size 11 3/4 x 10 3/8 in., matted, unframed; and Michael A. Smith (American, b. 1942), Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah, 1975, signed «Michael A. Smith» in pencil on the mount l.r., dated «1975» in pencil on the mount l.l., titled in an inscription on the reverse of the mount, gelatin silver print, 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in., matted, unframed.

Lot of Three Photographs of Marlene Dietrich: German School, 20th Century, Marlene on the Stairs, unsigned; and Marlene Dietrich on the Train, unsigned; Zander & Labisch (German, 1895 - 1939), Marlene Dietrich and Hans Albers, identified in an inscription, possibly in the artist's hand, on the reverse.