Mar 9, 2009 18:12
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French term
page-officier
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description of medieval ivory casket
Elle résulterait d’une commande faite par les partisans d’al-Mughîra, en particulier le cercle des fityân, des pages-officiers du palais .
Une vingtaine de pièces complètes en ivoire – pyxides et coffrets à couvercle plat ou taluté – plus une dizaine de plaques fragmentaires, datent du califat de Cordoue. Elles sont étroitement associées à l’expression du pouvoir et à l’histoire de la dynastie. Un bandeau épigraphique, à la base du couvercle, livre généralement le nom du destinataire, la date de fabrication et parfois le nom de l’atelier et de l’artiste. Avant 970, les destinataires sont exclusivement la mère, la fille, le fils du calife. Sur trois objets apparaît le nom de Madinat al-Zahra. Nous connaissons aussi le nom de Khalaf, un ivoirier à qui l’on doit la pyxide de la reine Subh, favorite du calife al-Hakam II et mère d’Hishâm.
Une vingtaine de pièces complètes en ivoire – pyxides et coffrets à couvercle plat ou taluté – plus une dizaine de plaques fragmentaires, datent du califat de Cordoue. Elles sont étroitement associées à l’expression du pouvoir et à l’histoire de la dynastie. Un bandeau épigraphique, à la base du couvercle, livre généralement le nom du destinataire, la date de fabrication et parfois le nom de l’atelier et de l’artiste. Avant 970, les destinataires sont exclusivement la mère, la fille, le fils du calife. Sur trois objets apparaît le nom de Madinat al-Zahra. Nous connaissons aussi le nom de Khalaf, un ivoirier à qui l’on doit la pyxide de la reine Subh, favorite du calife al-Hakam II et mère d’Hishâm.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | commoner officer |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | footmen |
Colin Morley (X)
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Proposed translations
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commoner officer
See the history of the fityan of Cordoba at http://books.google.com/books?id=m-Wvg__iHPAC&pg=PA134&lpg=P...
page 134 ff
They were servants promoted to positions of responsibility within the court, and subsequently formed an unbiased armed force in which the caliph might have greater trust (based on patronage) than the aristocratic armed forces with their family and tribal alliegances, ...
He strikes me as a COMMONER OFFICER, not a proper lord of estate or armor. But he will have more than adequate opportunity to expound on me the truth or the ...
us.vclart.net/vcl/Authors/DocWolph/D-L01.doc
the Captain-General, the only real authority left to the Court; Rangiku, the most senior COMMONER OFFICER, if you go by tenure instead of rank. ...
www.branchandroot.net/archive/?p=238
"Sir, one of the scouts has found the Galaxy Police," a COMMONER OFFICER called out excitedly. Then his face dropped in confusion. ...
addventure.bast-enterprises.de/115376.html
He was an excellent COMMONER OFFICER who was early in favor of reform of the British military. It is conceivable that if he lived and Britain scraps the ...
www.historykb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/what-if/5366/No-Charge-of-...
Class "B" includes "many men of the COMMONER OFFICER type" men "capable of an 'average record in college." They are 9 per cent of the DEMOCRACY AND ...
www.archive.org/stream/returnofmiddlecl00corbuoft/returnofm...
Daerid is a COMMONER OFFICER in charge of foot soldiers who works with nobles in charge of cavalry and is conscious of the great gulf between nobles and ...
207.200.36.230/faqtopic.asp?ID=128
Dashed off if you ask me old fellow, putting ordinary chaps in charge of fighting men. Might be all right for the deuced native army of course, but we can't have them expecting to rank alongside people of breeding like us, what?
page 134 ff
They were servants promoted to positions of responsibility within the court, and subsequently formed an unbiased armed force in which the caliph might have greater trust (based on patronage) than the aristocratic armed forces with their family and tribal alliegances, ...
He strikes me as a COMMONER OFFICER, not a proper lord of estate or armor. But he will have more than adequate opportunity to expound on me the truth or the ...
us.vclart.net/vcl/Authors/DocWolph/D-L01.doc
the Captain-General, the only real authority left to the Court; Rangiku, the most senior COMMONER OFFICER, if you go by tenure instead of rank. ...
www.branchandroot.net/archive/?p=238
"Sir, one of the scouts has found the Galaxy Police," a COMMONER OFFICER called out excitedly. Then his face dropped in confusion. ...
addventure.bast-enterprises.de/115376.html
He was an excellent COMMONER OFFICER who was early in favor of reform of the British military. It is conceivable that if he lived and Britain scraps the ...
www.historykb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/what-if/5366/No-Charge-of-...
Class "B" includes "many men of the COMMONER OFFICER type" men "capable of an 'average record in college." They are 9 per cent of the DEMOCRACY AND ...
www.archive.org/stream/returnofmiddlecl00corbuoft/returnofm...
Daerid is a COMMONER OFFICER in charge of foot soldiers who works with nobles in charge of cavalry and is conscious of the great gulf between nobles and ...
207.200.36.230/faqtopic.asp?ID=128
Dashed off if you ask me old fellow, putting ordinary chaps in charge of fighting men. Might be all right for the deuced native army of course, but we can't have them expecting to rank alongside people of breeding like us, what?
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footmen
Page suggests perhaps a more noble position, but coupled with 'officier' I believe footman gives about the right picture.
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