Staff ("Shebeṭ," "Maṭṭch," Etc.): Herodotus and Strabo assert that among the Babylonians every man carried a ring and a staff, which latter was decorated at the upper end with a carved representation of a flower or something similar. It seems to have been the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [99%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Staff: STAFF staf: Many Hebrew terms are represented by this word. The "staves" of the ark translate the word badh, literally, "a part," hence, branch, bar, etc. (Exodus 25:13,14,15,27,28, etc.). Other words, as matteh, maqqel, shebhet ... [99%] 1915-01-01
Staff (music): In Western musical notation, the staff (US) or stave (UK) (plural: staffs or staves) also occasionally referred to as a pentagram is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or in ... (Music) [99%] 2023-12-19 [Musical notation]
Staff (head) gauge: A staff (head) gauge is calibrated scale which is used to provide a visual indication of liquid level. When used on an inclined or sloped surface, a staff gauge is usually calibrated so that the indicated level is the true ... (Head) [99%] 2023-09-15 [Hydrology]
Staff (military): From the earliest days of conflict, leaders had staff assistants, if only to hand them the next rock to throw at the mammoth. As man's ability to kill grew, so did the need for assistance to leaders. (Military) [99%] 2023-07-21
Staff: stair meant also a written letter, and O. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; "stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet), a long stick or pole, used either as an ... [99%] 2022-09-02
Staff (military)#Historical: While commanders, as far back as we know the role, had personal companions and aides, a leader such as Alexander the Great would fight at the head of his troops, rather than commanding from a headquarters that let him see ... (Military) [99%] 2024-08-13
Maximilian: , called "the Great," elector and duke of Bavaria, eldest son of William V. of Bavaria, was born at Munich on the 17th of April 1573. He was educated by the Jesuits at the university of Ingolstadt, and began to take ... [99%] 2022-09-02
Maximilian: Maximilian (1832-1867), emperor of Mexico, second son of the archduke Francis Charles of Austria, was born in the palace of Schdnbrunn, on the 6th of July 1832. He was a particularly clever boy, showed considerable taste for the arts ... [99%] 2022-09-02
Maximilian: , Roman emperor, was the eldest son of the emperor Ferdinand I. by his wife Anne, daughter of Ladislaus, king of Hungary and Bohemia, and was born in Vienna on the 31st of July 1527. Educated principally in Spain, he gained ... [99%] 2022-09-02
Maximilian (miniseries): Maximilian – Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe ("Maximilian: The Game of Power and Love"), released in the United States as Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne or simply Maximilian, is a 2017 German-Austrian three-part historical miniseries. It is set ... (Miniseries) [99%] 2024-06-18 [2017 German television series debuts] [German drama television series]...
The Staff of Karnath: The Staff of Karnath is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game for the Commodore 64 originally in 1984 and in the United States in 1985. The game is the first instalment of the ... (Software) [91%] 2023-11-02 [Action-adventure games] [Fantasy video games]...
The Staff of Karnath: The Staff of Karnath is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game for the Commodore 64 originally in 1984 and in the United States in 1985. The game is the first instalment of the ... (1984 video game) [91%] 2023-12-16 [1984 video games] [Action-adventure games]...
Ludwig (Étampes): Ludwig (* wohl Anfang 1336; † 6. Mai 1400 in Paris) war 1336 Graf von Étampes und Gien, Seigneur de Dourdan et de Gallardon, d‘Aubigny, de Beaufort, de Soleines et de Lunel, Pair von Frankreich, Herr von Lara und Titulargraf von ... (Étampes) [85%] 2023-08-19
Ludwig (film): Ludwig (German: Ludwig II.) is a 1973 English-language epic biographical drama film co-written and directed by Luchino Visconti. The film stars Helmut Berger as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Romy Schneider as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, along ... (Film) [85%] 2023-12-18 [1973 films] [1973 LGBT-related films]...
Ludwig (crater): Ludwig is a small lunar impact crater that is located just beyond the eastern limb of the Moon, placing it on the far side from the Earth. It lies just to the east of the much larger crater Hirayama, and ... (Crater) [85%] 2023-08-24 [Impact craters on the Moon]
Ludwig (TV series): Ludwig is a six-part BBC television detective dramedy series starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin which premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2024. In October 2024, the BBC announced that a second series of Ludwig would ... (TV series) [85%] 2024-11-06 [2024 British television series debuts] [BBC television dramas]...