terrae

The lighter areas were "terrae," from the Latin word for land.

Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

The lighter areas were "terrae," from the Latin word for land.

Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

The lighter areas were "terrae," from the Latin word for land.

Vail Daily - Top Stories Doug Dusenberry Special to the Vail Daily Vail, CO 2010

Salento is the sole of the heel -- as local legend has it, the Romans called this finibus terrae, the end of the Earth.

Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010

Brumel is important for his church music, especially his masses; the 12-voice Missa ‘Et ecce terrae motus’ in particular is celebrated for its spectacular sonorities and rhythmic energy.

Archive 2009-05-01 Lu 2009

St. James described to Charlemagne that his body was resting in a tomb in the furthest reaches of western Europe, finis terrae, or "the ends of the earth."

Archive 2009-05-01 bls 2009

Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, visibilium omnium, et invisibilium.

Excerpt: Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett 2007

Deus, qui fundasti terram super stabilitatem suam, suscipe oblationes et preces populi tui: ac trementis terrae periculis penitus amotis, divinae tuae iracundiae terrores, in humanae salutis remedia converte; ut, qui de terra sunt, et in terram revertentur, gaudeant se fieri sancta conservatione caelestes.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui respicis terram, et facis eam tremere: parce metuentibus, propitiare supplicibus: ut, cujus iram terrae fundamenta concutientem expavimus, clementiam contritiones ejus sanantem jugiter sentiamus.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

Species that prevail on clay soils of the region include Anabasis salsa, Salsola orientalis, and sagebrushes such as Artemisia terrae albae, A. turanica, and A. gurganica to the west.

Central Asian northern desert 2008