• The term speculum, Latin for "mirror", and its plural specula, may refer to: Speculum (journal), a journal of medieval studies published by the Medieval...
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    A speculum (Latin for 'mirror'; pl.: specula or speculums) is a medical tool for investigating body orifices, with a form dependent on the orifice for...
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    In gynaecology, Cusco's self-retaining bivalved speculum is a kind of speculums, used for vaginal and cervical examinations. It has a jaw that opens up...
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    The medieval genre of speculum literature, popular from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries, was inspired by the urge to encompass encyclopedic...
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    speculum is a patch, often distinctly coloured, on the secondary wing feathers, or remiges, of some birds. Examples of the colour(s) of the speculum in...
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    parts: the Speculum Naturale, Speculum Doctrinale and Speculum Historiale. However, all the printed editions include a fourth part, the Speculum Morale,...
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    In gynaecology, Sims' vaginal speculum is a double-bladed surgical instrument used for examining the vagina and cervix. It was developed by J. Marion Sims...
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    Speculum metal is a mixture of around two-thirds copper and one-third tin, making a white brittle alloy that can be polished to make a highly reflective...
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  • Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies is a quarterly academic journal published by University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America...
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  • Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum ("The Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross") is an early text of Rosicrucianism, published in 1618 by the pseudonymous...
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    Ophrys speculum, the mirror orchid, is a species of Ophrys distributed throughout the Mediterranean that is pollinated exclusively by a single species...
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    Speculum Orbis Terrae ("Mirror of the World") was an atlas published by Cornelis de Jode in Antwerp in 1593. The atlas was largely a continuation of unfinished...
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  • Speculum Historiale can refer to: Speculum historiale de gestis regum Angliae ('Historial Mirror of the Deeds of the Kings of England') by Richard of Cirencester...
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  • The Speculum Christiani is a middle English religious treatise of the fourteenth century. The Speculum Christiani has been described as a fourteenth century...
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    Legousia speculum-veneris, the looking glass or large Venus's-looking-glass, is an annual ornamental plant in the family Campanulaceae (bellflowers). It...
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    The Speculum Virginum (Latin for "Mirror of Virgins"; German: Jungfrauenspiegel) is a 12th-century didactic treatise on female monastic life. The original...
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    Albertus Magnus produced the Speculum Astronomiae (The Mirror of Astronomy) (de refutatione librorum astronomiae, incipit Occasione quorundam librorum...
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  • Speculum Vitae ('Mirror of Life') is an anonymous Middle English poem, written in the third quarter of the fourteenth century. The poem consists of a commentary...
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  • Euzophera speculum is a species of snout moth in the genus Euzophera. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1927 and is known from Mozambique. De Prins...
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  • Speculum Musicae is an American chamber ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. It was founded in New York City in 1971...
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    Ricania speculum, common name Black planthopper or Ricaniid Planthopper, is a species of planthoppers belonging to the family Ricaniidae. This species...
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  • Speculum Principis (A mirror of Princes) was a guide to "proper princely behaviour" written by John Skelton in August 1501. Skelton was a well-known poet...
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    Speculum Britanniae ("Mirror of Britain"), published in London from 1593, was a projected, but unfinished, chorography of Britain by John Norden (1548—1625)...
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  • Speculum al foder is a 15th-century Catalan anonim text discovered in the 1970s. This text is significant as it is a rare example of known Medieval treatise...
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    non-disposable Kelly's rectal speculum, named after the American gynecologist Howard Atwood Kelly, is the most commonly used speculum for proctoscopy. Some proctoscopes...
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  • Speculum spiritualium (The Spiritual Mirror) is an anonymous religious compilation written in Latin, made between 1400 and 1430. The work was relatively...
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    structures adjacent to the uterus (adnexae) and 3) the internal exam using a speculum to visualize the vaginal walls and cervix. During the pelvic exam, sample...
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  • The Codex Speculum or Speculum Ps-Augustine, designated by m, is a 5th-century Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a...
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  • Ensamble Speculum Amoris is an ensemble formed by Ileana Ortiz (soprano), Roberto González (theorbe and baroque guitar) and Rafael Sánchez Guevara (viola...
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  • the Renaissance. It was part of the broader speculum or mirror literature genre. The Latin term speculum regum appears as early as the 12th century and...
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