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mural [myoor-al] Noun a large painting on a wall Adjective of or relating to a wall [Latin murus wall] muralist n
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Translations n mural [ˈmjuərəl] a painting that is painted directly on to a wall. muurskildery رَسْمَه جِداريَّه стенопис nástěnný vægmaleri das Wandgemälde τοιχογραφία mural, pintura mural seinamaaling نقاشى ديوارى seinämaalaus peinture murale צִיוּר קִיר दीवार slika na zidu falfestmény, freskó lukisan dinding veggmálverk murale 壁画 벽화 freska sienas gleznojums mural muurschildering veggmaleri, freske fresk mural pictură murală фреска nástenný stenska podoba mural väggmålning จิตรกรรมฝาผนัง duvar resmi 壁畫 фреска دیوار پر بنائی ہوئی تصویر bức tranh tường 壁画 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The inner walls of the church were placarded with large mural tablets of copper, bearing engraved inscriptions celebrating the merits of old Heilbronn worthies of two or three centuries ago, and also bearing rudely painted effigies of themselves and their families tricked out in the queer costumes of those days. The room was well lighted by a number of large windows and was beautifully decorated with mural paintings and mosaics, but upon all there seemed to rest that indefinable touch of the finger of antiquity which convinced me that the architects and builders of these wondrous creations had nothing in common with the crude half-brutes which now occupied them. Only in the most ancient of our legends and in the mural paintings of the deserted cities of the dead sea-bottoms are depicted such a race of auburn-haired, fair-skinned people. |
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