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Briquet may refer to: People named Briquet * Briquet (possibly Jehan de Villeroye) , an early Renaissance composer * Charles-Moïse Briquet (1880–1918), Swiss paper merchant and scholar of watermarks * Fortunée Briquet (1782–1815), French femme de lettres * John Briquet (1870–1931), Swiss botanist * Paul Briquet (1796–1881), French psychiatrist * Robert Briquet (14th century), mercenary captain during the Hundred Years' War Other * Artois Hound or Briquet, a rare breed of dog, and a descendant of the Bloodhound * Briquet (coin), a medieval silver coin * Briquette or briquet, a block of flammable matter which is used as fuel to start and maintain a fire * Briquet's, a famous 19th century private school at Plain Palais, Geneva, Switzerland * Sabre, a sword with a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, often carried in past centuries by infantrymen and artillerymen * A type of sandwich A sandwich is a Dish (food), dish typically consisting v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ars Nova
''Ars nova'' ()Fallows, David. (2001). "Ars nova". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan. refers to a musical style which flourished in the Kingdom of France and its surroundings during the Late Middle Ages. More particularly, it refers to the period between the preparation of the '' Roman de Fauvel'' (1310s) and the death of composer Guillaume de Machaut in 1377. The term is sometimes used more generally to refer to all European polyphonic music of the fourteenth century. For instance, the term "Italian " is sometimes used to denote the music of Francesco Landini and his compatriots, although Trecento music is the more common term for the contemporary 14th-century music in Italy. The "ars" in "ars nova" can be read as "technique", or "style". The term was first used in two musical treatises, titled ''Ars novae musicae'' (New Technique of Music) () by Johannes de Muris, and a collectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Moïse Briquet
Charles Moïse Briquet (30 August 1839, in Geneva – 24 January 1918, in Geneva) was a noted Swiss filigranologist. He was the first, or among the first, to suggest the use of watermarks for dating paper. He produced in 1907 the mammoth four-volume work ''Les Filigranes''. His papers, including his collection of traced watermarks, are kept at the Bibliothèque de Genève The Bibliothèque de Genève (BGE, English: Geneva Library, Library of Geneva), founded in 1559, was known as ''Bibliothèque publique et universitaire'' (BPU, English: Public and University Library) from 1907 to 2006. It occupies different buil .... Works by Briquet that have been published in English * "The Briquet Album : a miscellany on watermarks, supplementing Dr. Briquet's "Les filigranes", (1952). * "Briquet's Opuscula; the complete works of Dr. C.M. Briquet without Les filigranes", (1955). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortunée Briquet
Marguerite-UrsuIe-Fortunée Briquet (16 June 1782 – 14 May 1815) was an early 19th-century French femme de lettres and Polygraph (author), polygraph., ''Histoires d'historiennes'', Université de Saint-Etienne, 2006, p.11. Biography Fortunée Bernier received a very good education and was one of the most outstanding students of Hilaire-Alexandre Briquet, who later became her husband, and who inserted her early writings in the ''Almanach des Muses''. In 1800, an ''Ode sur les vertus civiles'' opened her the doors of the Society of Literature and of the salons of Paris. Fanny de Beauharnais, the Napoléon, First consul aunt, gave the signal for applause by sending these verses, with her poem ''l’Ile de la Félicité'': Later were published ''Odes sur la mort de Dolomieu'', an ode to Denis Lebrun, ''la Vertu est la base des républiques'', and her ''Mémoire sur Klopstock, sa vie et ses ouvrages'', which earned her entrance in the "Athénée des arts" of Paris. However, For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Isaac Briquet
John Isaac Briquet (13 March 1870 in Geneva – 26 October 1931 in Geneva) was a Switzerland, Swiss botanist, director of the ''Conservatoire Botanique'' at Geneva. He received his education in natural sciences at Geneva and Berlin,Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (biography) and studied botany with Simon Schwendener, Adolf Engler, Marc Thury, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, and Alphonse de Candolle. In 1896 he became a curator at the ''Conservatoire Botanique'', later serving as its director (1906–1931). From 1912 to 1921, he was president of the Swiss Botanical Society. Between 1895 and 1917, with Émile Burnat, he participated in a number of botanical trips, journeying to Corsica, Dalmatia, the Maritime Alps (France and Italy), Montenegro, et al. Besides his floristic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Briquet
Paul Briquet or Pierre Briquet (12 January 1796 – 25 November 1881) was a French physician and psychologist who advanced the reasoned treatment of disturbed people said to be hysterics. Briquet became a medical doctor in 1824, a professor in 1827. In 1836 he operated at the Cochin hospital and in 1846 at La Charité hospital. In 1853 he described the preparation and use of quinine. He published ''Traité clinique et thérapeutique de l’Hystérie'' in 1859, and the following year he was admitted to the Academie de Medecine. A type of disorder called "Briquet’s syndrome" is classified as a subset of somatic symptom disorder. He first described this in 1859. Although many of his theoretical concepts, basic scientific knowledge and data processing techniques were primitive by our standards, his approach, his emphasis on demonstrable facts, and his many well-substantiated conclusions mark his ''Treatise on Hysteria'' as an avant-garde work relevant even today. Briquet was a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Briquet
Robert Birkhead (Briquet) was a mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War. Robert Birkhead was an English captain of a Great Company in the fourteenth century. His name was frequently corrupted by French chroniclers to Briquet, but his real name is made evident by a treaty signed by a number of captains of the Great Companies sometime before December 30th, 1368, where it is rendered as Birkhed and Bircked, as well as Briqued. After the Treaty of Brétigny Birkhead and his men found themselves unemployed and so become one of the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bandits, that ranged the French country side pillaging town. Subsequently, Pope Innocent VI preached a crusade against the robbers, but it amounted to nothing. His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart In mid-Lent 1362 Birkhead's group, composed of 2000 other Tard-Venus mercenaries, was attacking the counties of Macon, Lyon and Forez. Then mid, year Birkhead with Naudon de Bageran, Francois Hennequin, Esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artois Hound
The Artois Hound or Chien D'Artois is a medium-sized breed of dog. A scent hound, the Artois was breed in northern France as a pack hunter. It is a rare breed today, but was popular in France before the 20th century. The breed was heavily crossbred and had to be reconstructed in the 1970s to more closely resemble the historical breed. Characteristics The Artois is a medium-sized, muscular dog about high at the withers and . They have a square-shaped muzzle and long, low-hanging ears. Their tail is long and carried upwards in a "sickle" shape. The coat is short and typically dark fawn tricolor, "similar to a hare or badger". A scent hound, the Artois is a small pack hunter with a strong pack instinct. They have been used to hunt small game, as well as deer and wild boar. Like many hounds, they have a loud musical bark. History The Artois Hound are from Artois, in northern France. A similarly named dog was referenced as early as 1609, with Prince Alexandre de Gray mentioning "a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briquet (coin)
A briquet (Dutch_language, Dutch: vuurijzer) is a medieval silver coin, first introduced by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy in 1474 (2nd Emission – Coinage Act of 27 October 1474). The last briquet was struck under Philip the Handsome (6th Emission – Coinage Act of 16 March 1492). The name briquet refers to the Fire_striker, fire steel or flint which was chosen by Philip the Good as a personal emblem. The flint was such a favourite Burgundian symbol that it has been used on many coins struck by the successors of Philip the Good, and was used in the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece.Bert van Beek, Hans Jacobi, Marjan Scharloo (1985): ''Klinkende Munt, Geschiedenis van het geld in de Lage Landen'', Elsevier A single briquet was introduced with a value of one stuiver, other issues were a double and half briquet. References {{reflist Medieval_currencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briquette
A briquette (; also spelled briquet) is a compressed block of coal dust or other combustible biomass material (e.g. charcoal, sawdust, wood chips, peat, or paper) used for fuel and kindling to start a combustion, fire. The term is a diminutive derived from the List_of_English_words_of_French_origin_(A–C)#B, French word ''brique'', meaning brick. Coal briquettes Coal briquettes have long been produced as a means of using up 'small coal', the finely broken coal inevitably produced during the coal mining, mining process. Otherwise this is difficult to burn as it is hard to arrange adequate airflow through a fire of these small pieces; also such fuel tends to be drawn up and out of the chimney by the chimney draught, draught, giving visible black smoke. The first briquettes were known as culm bombs and were hand-moulded with a little wet clay as a binder. These could be difficult to burn efficiently, as the unburned clay produced a large ash content, blocking airflow through a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of International organization, international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. In the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabre
A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the hussars, the sabre became widespread in Western Europe during the Thirty Years' War. Lighter sabres also became popular with infantry of the early 17th century. In the 19th century, models with less curving blades became common and were also used by heavy cavalry. The military sabre was used as a duelling weapon in academic fencing in the 19th century, giving rise to a discipline of modern Sabre (fencing), sabre fencing (introduced in the Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 Summer Olympics) loosely based on the characteristics of the historical weapon. Etymology The English ''sabre'' is recorded from the 1670s, as a direct loan from French, where ''sabre'' is an alteration of ''sable'', which was in turn loaned from German ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
