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    Seize quartiers is a French phrase which literally means a person's "sixteen quarters", the coats of arms of their sixteen great-great-grandparents quarters...
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    A kijo (鬼女, lit. demon woman) is an oni woman from Japanese legends. They are normally considered to be women who have turned into oni as a result of karma...
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    Catherine Hessling (born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling; 22 June 1900 – 28 September 1979) was a French actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir...
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  • Alcester Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Alcester, Warwickshire in England, founded in 1138 by the Botellers of Oversley, Warwickshire. Its many endowments...
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  • Veit Khisl (Slovenized as Vid Khissel) was a politician in Slovenia during the first half of the 16th century, when it was under the Holy Roman Empire...
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  • Tinca Stegovec (8 April 1927 – 14 January 2019) was a Slovenian artist, known mostly for her printmaking and painting, and associated with the group of...
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  • Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, son of Marcus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 483 BC), was consul of the Roman Republic and one of the second set of decemviri. According...
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  • Mercyhurst Preparatory School, commonly called Mercyhurst Prep or MPS, is a Catholic, coeducational secondary school located in Erie, Pennsylvania. In...
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    France Bučar (2 February 1923 – 21 October 2015) was a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first speaker...
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    King's House School is a private day preparatory school in Richmond, London. Founded in 1946, it has 450 pupils aged between 3 and 13. The school is currently...
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    Matija Murko, also known as Mathias Murko (10 February 1861 – 11 February 1952), was a Slovenian scholar, known mostly for his work on oral epic traditions...
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  • Sir Adam Hepburn was the son of Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes and Helen Home, and brother of Patrick, the first Earl of Bothwell. He lived at Craigs,...
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  • Philippe Grandjean (in modern French spelled Grandjon) (1666–1714) was a French type engraver notable for his series of Roman and italic types known as...
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  • Anne Estelle Rice (1877–1959) was an American artist who was one of the chief illustrators for the British periodical Rhythm, edited by John Middleton...
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  • The Matter of Araby in Medieval England is a 1977 book by Dorothee Metlitzki in which the author attempts to show the beginnings of the relationship between...
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  • Omphalion in Greek means "navel (of the earth)"; compare the omphalos of Delphi. One of the most intriguing features of Hagia Sophia is a marble section...
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    Beatrice Vitoldi (December 15, 1895 – November 1939) was a Soviet film actress born in 1895 in Salerno, Italy. She is most famous for her only film role...
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