Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh - Warwick

Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh - Warwick

This alabaster free standing wall monument in the Beauchamp Chapel of St Mary's Warwick, is dedicated to Robert Dudley ("the Noble Impe"), Lord Denbigh, who died in 1584 at the age of four.

 

Fatehpur Sikri

Built in around 1570, by the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, Fatehpur Sikri was the new capital of the Mughal Empire and the first planned city of the Mughals.

 

 

Cardinals of Amboise Tomb - Rouen Cathedral

Cardinals of Amboise Tomb - Rouen Cathedral

Started in 1515, and completed in 1525, this tomb is the work of the Roullant Le Roux, Rouen cathedral's master mason of the time. It is a memorial to the French cardinal and archbishop of Rouen George d'Amboise (d1510), the other figure is his nephew George d'Amboise (d1550) who became archbishop of Rouen on his uncle's death.

Divided into 45 families,with some 12,000 species and 600 genera, the Trichoptera or caddisflies are one of the most diverse orders of aquatic insects. They are closely related to the Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) with the Trichoptera having the more primitive characteristics. Some caddis flies can be confused with some species of moths, but the wings of the caddisfly is hairy not scaled as with moths. The name Trichoptera comes from the Greek trich, "hair" + ptera, "wings".

 

 

 

The Acanthosomatidae are a family of shieldbugs, belonging to the order Hemiptera (the true bugs). This family includes around 54 genera and 200 species found in many parts of the world, with several species present in Europe and a few in the UK.

 

 

Ingrand, Max

Active: 1931–1969
Ingrand, Max

[no-glossary]Max Ingrand[/no-glossary] was a major French stained glass artist of the second half of the 20th century, and awarded the French Legion of Honour. He was Born in Bressuire on 20 December 1908, and spent part of his childhood in Chartres. A student of Jacques Gruber at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

 

 

 

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