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Ivories
Ivory I"vo*ry, n.; pl. Ivories. [OE. ivori, F. ivoire, fr. L. eboreus made of ivory, fr. ebur, eboris, ivory, cf. Skr. ibha elephant. Cf. Eburnean.]

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- Ivories may refer to: Ivory carvings, objects made from ivory Piano keys, slang as keys were made from ivory until the 1950s Dice, slang as dice were made...
- Shuffling Ivories". Jazz W****. "Roberto Magris & Eric Hochberg: Shuffling Ivories". JMood Records. "Roberto Magris & Eric Hochberg: Shuffling Ivories". All...
- The Begram ivories are a group of over a thousand decorative plaques, small figures and inlays, carved from ivory and bone, and formerly attached to wooden...
- The Nimrud ivories are a large group of small carved ivory plaques and figures dating from the 9th to the 7th centuries BC that were excavated from the...
- (Oxford 1993), entry for "ivory." Adomnan of Iona. Life of St Columba. Penguin books, 1995 Revello, Manuela, “Orientalising ivories from Italy”, in BAR, British...
- Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital...
- The Magdeburg Ivories are a set of 16 surviving ivory panels illustrating episodes of Christ's life. They were commissioned by Emperor Otto I, probably...
- mechanically or manually. Objects carved in ivory are often called "ivories". Humans have ornamentally carved ivory since prehistoric times, though until the...
- The Salerno Ivories are a collection of Biblical ivory plaques from around the 11th or 12th century that contain elements of Early Christian, Byzantine...
- African ivories are objects and materials that are created from ivory or include ivory material that comes from the continent of Africa. The ivory from Africa...