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Example sentences for "provenance"

Lexicographically close words:
provd; prove; proved; proveditore; proven; provenant; provender; provenience; proverb; proverbe
  1. In both these cases the Dionysiac-Orphic provenance of the “Immortality”-doctrines is clearly apparent.

  2. Another quasi-sensible sight, with no interior assurance, or question as to its provenance and value, is given on pp.

  3. Japanese ethnologists interpret the ancient annals as pointing to very close intercourse between Japan and Korea in early days,* and regard this as confirming the theory stated above as to the provenance of the Yamato race.

  4. Evidently whatever the original provenance of the Yemishi, they had never been among the numerous peoples who observed the custom of paying visits of ceremony to the Chinese capital.

  5. For the provenance of these regiments, particularly the large levies made by Trajan in the Eastern provinces, see the following section.

  6. It must be noted that whereas twisted torcs of bronze are fairly common in England and France there is only one bronze torc in the Irish National Collection, and, as mentioned above, the provenance of this is doubtful.

  7. The majority of these jewels which follow the cartouche form are presumably of French fabrique, though a decision as to their precise provenance is here, as ever, a matter of considerable difficulty.

  8. Information as to provenance is unfortunately often vague, but few other places are given as sources (see p.

  9. All five evidently came from the same workshop, and in three cases the provenance is certainly known.

  10. When Rome is given as the provenance of a vase, it probably implies nothing more than that it has been acquired from some dealer in that city.

  11. The question of the provenance of [Hebrew: alef] and B may best be studied in J.

  12. This disguises the provenance of the books, and by consequence obscures the history of their contents.

  13. The mere juxtaposition of treatises in a volume will often reveal its provenance or its pedigree; besides, there is always the chance I have suggested, that the describer of any MS.

  14. Montagu James, the leading authority on the provenance of Western manuscripts, has discovered or made suggestions as to the origin of nearly two hundred out of about three hundred and eighty.

  15. But where the bookbinder is unwilling or unable to state the provenance of his leathers recourse to chemical analysis is the only safeguard.

  16. Hence where the provenance of the leather is declared and the method of its manufacture supported by a written guarantee from the leather manufacturer, the need for periodical analysis of samples is less urgent.

  17. But I should wish it clearly to be understood that the aim of these studies is, as indicated in the title, to determine the origin of the Grail, not to discuss the provenance and interrelation of the different versions.

  18. As to the provenance of the Mazdean supreme lord, not a few scholars of the present day hold that he was identical with the Indian Varuna.

  19. These two propositions appear to be self-evident, but they have often been ignored in discussions of the provenance of mythical material.

  20. This lack of provenance need not detract from its significance as a material survival.

  21. In short, here is an object about whose provenance one need know very little in order to enjoy it aesthetically.

  22. When tracing the provenance of American tools there is the additional problem of heterogeneous origins and shapes--that is, what was the appearance of a given tool prior to its standardization in England and the United States?

  23. The figure, which is in the Louvre, was not found at Tello, but was purchased at Shatra, so that its provenance is not certain.

  24. Neither the identity of Mr. Mills nor the intervening provenance has been established.

  25. Evidence for the provenance of the earlier volume is the inscription, "J.

  26. One mark of provenance occurs among the remaining issues: an inscription on the issue of August 18, the upper half of which has been cut away but which unquestionably reads, "Gov Rencher.

  27. The copy most distinguished in its provenance bears on its title page the signature of William Bull, Jr.

  28. Shepard traces this much of its later provenance in his introduction to a reprint issued in Cleveland in 1902: A copy in full levant morocco, by Pratt, belonging to John A.

  29. Scholarly discussions on the date of creation and provenance of the poem continue around the world, and researchers regularly require access to the manuscript.

  30. A very fine example of this type is in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge; nothing is known, unfortunately, of its provenance beyond the fact that it came from Hungary.

  31. A somewhat unusual form of this type is in the Vienna museum, but its provenance seems unknown.

  32. Footnote 347: There is a broken hilt of a sword resembling this type in the museum at Florence; its provenance is unknown.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "provenance" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    derivation; fountain; fountainhead; inception; origin; provenance; provenience; root; source; well; wellspring; whence