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    The Girdle of Thomas, Virgin's Girdle, Holy Belt, or Sacra Cintola in modern Italian, is a Christian relic in the form of a "girdle" or knotted textile...
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    version, with Thomas hurrying towards the other apostles, and the Virgin taking off her girdle. In other works Thomas is catching the falling girdle, or has...
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    cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing from antiquity...
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    The Holy Girdle, also known as the Girdle of Thomas, Holy Girdle of Mary, Holy Zoonoro, (or) Zunoro, and Holy Belt of Saint Mary the mother of Jesus, is...
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  • shape or for support Girdle of Thomas, a belt dropped by the Virgin Mary to the Apostle Thomas Cincture, a liturgical vestment Girdle book, small medieval...
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    The magical Girdle of Aphrodite or Venus (Greek: ἱμάς, himás: 'strap, thong'; κεστός, kestós: 'girdle, belt'; Latin: cingulum Veneri, cestus Veneris)...
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    "belt", "sash" or "girdle". It is the Orthodox equivalent of the Girdle of Thomas in the Western church, and the Syriac Holy Girdle. Its feast day is September...
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    Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a genetically heterogeneous group of rare muscular dystrophies that share a set of clinical characteristics. It...
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    Madonna del Parto (category Paintings of the Virgin Mary)
    devotions related to pregnancy. Herein the Virgin Mary wears the Girdle of Thomas, a belt of knotted cloth cord that was a relic held in Prato Cathedral,...
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    Perlach-Tower Girdle of Thomas Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 Edition Richard Lenar. "History of the Devotion to Mary, Untier of Knots". A Dictionary of Mary. University...
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    the Girdle of Thomas, to Thomas the Apostle (best known for his Doubting Thomas episode) as she rises; this was to give him tangible proof of what he...
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    Dingwall, Eric John: The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-Historical Study: London: Routledge and Sons: 1931. Polidoro, Massimo: "The Myth of Chastity Belts": Skeptical...
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    girdle. Thomas' receipt of the girdle is commonly depicted in medieval and pre-Council of Trent Renaissance art. According to traditional accounts of...
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    Prato (redirect from History of Prato)
    still used for the display of the cathedral's famous relic of the Virgin Mary, the Girdle of Thomas (Sacra Cintola, a cord belt), which had a great reputation...
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    gave to Thomas the Apostle after her death and during her transition to heaven (the equivalent in the Western Church is the Girdle of Thomas). The silver...
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    called the Virgin's veil. Cincture of the Theotokos Girdle of Thomas Holy Girdle Annemarie Weyl Carr, "Threads of Authority: The Virgin Mary's Veil in...
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    Thomas was given the grace of perfect chastity by Christ, a girdle he wore till the end of his life. The girdle was given to the ancient monastery of...
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    Jasper. Graph of "How pavilion angle and girdle thickness affect the best crown angle and table size". Harding, Bruce. "Faceting Limits". Thomas M. Moses....
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    and caused a great scandal by kidnapping her from a procession of the Girdle of Thomas in the city and taking her to his nearby home in the piazza del...
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    quarantia council. One hundred thirty of his work survived. The Girdle of Thomas also referred to as the miracle of the holy belt is a sacred relic located...
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    steadfastly refuses, but she pleads that he at least take her sash, a girdle of green and gold silk. The sash, the lady assures him, is charmed, and will...
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  • Confraternities of the Cord are pious associations in the Roman Catholic Church whose members wear a cord, girdle, or cincture in honour of a saint whom...
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    city in the Battle of the Novgorodians with the Suzdalians in 1169, which was probably soon after it was painted. The Girdle of Thomas or Sacra Cintola...
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    Donatello (category 15th-century people from the Republic of Florence)
    the city's famous relic, the Girdle of Thomas (Sacra Cintola), thought to be the belt the Virgin Mary dropped to Thomas the Apostle as she rose in the...
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    Michelozzo (category Italian people of French descent)
    regular public displays of their famous relic, the Girdle of Thomas (Sacra Cintola). Though Donatello is the more well-known of the two, "it would be a...
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    church's equivalent of the Cincture of the Theotokos of the Greek Orthodox Church and Girdle of Thomas of the Catholic Church. Holy Girdle Syriac Orthodox...
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  • Mr Majeika (category Series of children's books)
    Brace-Girdle and Thomas Grey. Both of these characters are also in the books, but Melanie is a much less important and very different type of character...
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    dislodged from rocks. The shell plates are encircled by a skirt known as a girdle. Chitons live worldwide, from cold waters through to the tropics. They live...
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    In this case the legend of the Girdle of Thomas is included, with Mary about to drop the belt of her dress down on Thomas the Apostle. The large painting...
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    and Mary gave her girdle (soonoro) to Thomas. He showed this girdle to other disciples of Jesus and convinced them. He took the girdle on his journey. Many...
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