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Headword:
Chalkolibanon
Adler number: chi,52
Translated headword: Lebanese bronze, incense-bronze
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A kind of electrum, more costly than gold.[1]
Electrum is a kind of gold combined with glass and stone. The holy table of the Great Church was also made of such a combination.[2]
Greek Original:Chalkolibanon: eidos êlektrou, timiôteron chrusou. esti de to êlektron allotupon chrusion, memigmenon huelôi kai litheiai. hopoias esti suntheseôs kai hê hagia trapeza tês megalês ekklêsias.
Notes:
[1] The headword is best known for its appearance in
Revelation 1.15 and 2.18 (describing what the Son of God's feet are like).
[2] Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Quoted from
eta 200.
Keywords: art history; Christianity; definition; economics; geography; religion; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Carl Widstrand on 12 January 2000@18:33:01.
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