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Headword: *xalkoli/banon
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:
*xalkoli/banon: ei)=dos h)le/ktrou, timiw/teron xrusou=. e)/sti de\ to\ h)/lektron a)llo/tupon xrusi/on, memigme/non u(e/lw| kai\ liqei/a|. o(poi/as e)sti\ sunqe/sews kai\ h( a(gi/a tra/peza th=s mega/lhs e)kklhsi/as.
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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Patrick T. Rourke (Cosmetics) on 11 January 2001@20:30:16.
David Whitehead (modified note; added keywords; cosmetics) on 16 June 2002@07:23:33.
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