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QUIMPER , formerly QUIMPER-CORENTIN, a See also:town of See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Finistere, 158 See also:miles See also:north-See also:west of See also:Nantes and 68 miles See also:south-See also:east of See also:Brest on the railway between those towns. Pop. (1906) 16,559. The delightful valley in which it lies is surrounded by high hills and traversed by the Steir and the Odet, which, See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting above the town, See also:form a navigable channel for vessels of 15o tons to the See also:sea (II miles).
There is a small See also:general See also:shipping See also:trade. Of the town walls (15th See also:century) a few portions are preserved in the See also:terrace of the episcopal See also:palace and in the neighbourhood of the See also:college. Quimper is the seat of a bishopric in the See also:province of See also:Rennes. The See also:cathedral, dedicated to St Corentin and erected between 1239 and 1515, has a See also:fine See also:facade (c. 1425), the See also:pediment of which is crowned by a See also:modern equestrian statue of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Grallon, and adorned (like several other See also:external parts of the See also:building) with heraldic devices in See also:granite. Two lateral towers with modern See also:spires (1854—56) and turrets reach a height of 247 feet. The See also:axis of the See also:choir is deflected towards the north, a feature not uncommon, but here exaggerated. The See also:nave and the See also:transept are in the See also:style of the 15th century, and the central See also:boss bears the arms of See also:Anne of See also:Brittany (1476—1514). The terminal See also:chapel of the See also:apse See also:dates from the 13th century. In the See also:side chapels are the tombs of several See also:early bishops. The high See also:altar, See also:tabernacle, and See also:ciborium are costly See also:works of contemporary See also:art. The See also:pulpit panels represent episodes in the See also:life of St Corentin. Of the other churches may be mentioned the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Locmaria, dating from the 1th century, and the chapel of the 15th century connected with the episcopal palace. A number of houses, in See also:wood or See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, date from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The museum, built in 1869—7o, contains archaeological collections and about 1300 paintings and drawings. In 1868 a See also:bronze statue of Laennec the inventor of the See also:stethoscope (See also:born at Quimper in 1781) was erected in See also:Place St Corentin.
Quimper, or at least its suburb Locmaria (which lies below the town on the See also:left See also:bank of the Odet), was occupied in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Romans, and traces of the See also:ancient See also:foundations exist. Later Quimper became the capital of Cornouailles and the See also:residence of its See also:kings or hereditary See also:counts. It is said to have been Grallon Meur (i.e. the See also:Great) who brought the name of Cornouailles from Great See also:Britain and founded the bishopric, which was first held by St Corentin about 495• Hoel, See also:count of Cornouailles, marrying the See also:sister and heiress of See also:Duke Conan in 1o66, See also:united the countship with the duchy of Brittany. Quimper suffered in the See also:local See also:wars of See also:succession. In 1344 it was sacked by See also:Charles of See also:Blois. Monfort failed in his See also:attempt to take the town by See also:storm on See also:August II, 1345, but it opened its See also:gates to his son See also:John IV. in 1364 after the victory at See also:Auray. At a later See also:period it sided with the See also:League. Doubtless on See also:account of its distance from the capital, Quimper, like See also:Carpentras and Landerneau, has been a frequent See also:butt of See also:French popular wit.
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