Musgrave, George Washington, D.D., LL.D an eminent Presbyterian minister, was born in Philadelphia, October 19, 1804. He studied at the classical academy of the Reverend Dr. Wylie, and although he did not enter college on account of ill-health, he pursued his studies privately under the tuition of Reverend Dr. Archibald Green, and finally entered Princeton … Continue reading “Musgrave, George Washington, D.D., LL.D”
Museums, Christian
Museums, Christian Though applicable to collections composed of Christian objects representative of all epochs, this term is usually reserved to those museums which abound chiefly in Christian objects antedating the Middle Ages, namely, Sarcophagi, inscriptions and products of the minor arts. These objects, as also those peculiar to the Middle Ages, are found in a … Continue reading “Museums, Christian”
Museum
Museum (Gr. ), originally the name given by the ancients to a temple of the Muses, and afterwards to a building devoted to science, learning, and the fine arts. The first museum of this kind was the celebrated Alexandrian Museum. SEE ALEXANDRIA. After the revival of learning in Europe, the term museum was sometimes applied … Continue reading “Museum”
Muses
Muses was the name employed to designate in the classic mythology those divinities originally included among the Nymphs, but afterwards regarded as quite distinct from them. To them was ascribed the power of inspiring song, and poets and musicians were therefore regarded as their pupils and favorites. They were first honored among the Thracians, and … Continue reading “Muses”
Muserni
Muserni an atheistical sect among the Mohammedans who endeavored to conceal from all except the initiated their gross denial of the existence of a God. They attempted to account for the existence and growth of all things by referring to the inherent power of nature. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Museia
Museia a festival with contests celebrated in honor of the Muses every fifth year at Thespiae, in Bceotia. See Gardner, Faiths of the World, page 499. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Muse, Musings
Muse, Musings muz, muzing: The word occurs twice in the Old Testament, in the sense of meditate (Psa 39:3, haghgh; Psa 143:5, sah); in the New Testament once (Luk 3:15, dialogizomai, where the Revised Version (British and American) reads reasoned). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Musculus, Wolfgang
Musculus, Wolfgang SEE MEUSEL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Musculus, Andreas
Musculus, Andreas originally Meuse, a German theologian, was born in 1514 at Schneeberg, in Saxony. Having graduated in the gymnasium of his native place, he went to Leipsic, where he studied, besides the scholastics, the ancient languages and Hebrew. Here he became acquainted with the writings of the Reformation, and the study of these estranged … Continue reading “Musculus, Andreas”
Muscat
Muscat SEE PERSIA, Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature