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	Mace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maces were used extensively in the bronze age in the near east.
		Trench maces were hand-made and often crude weapons and used in the hand-to-hand combat of trench raiding operations.
		Ceremonial maces are still used to represent authority and prestige, as in the House of Commons in a Westminster System parliament, and at educational institutions such as the University of Cambridge and Cornell University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mace (930 words)

	Ceremonial mace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest ceremonial maces were practical weapons intended to protect the king's person, borne by the serjeants-at-arms, a royal bodyguard established in France by Philip II, and in England probably by Richard I.
		He made the mace for the House of Commons in 1649, which is the one at present in use there, though without the original head with the non-regal symbols, which had been replaced by one with regal symbols at the Restoration.
		The remarkable mace or sceptre of the Lord Mayor of London comprises crystal and gold set with pearls; the head dates from the 15th century, while the mounts of the shaft are early medieval.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ceremonial_mace (892 words)

	mace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An advance on the club, a mace is a wooden, metal-reinforced or metal shaft, 3 or more feet (a meter or more) long, with a head made of iron or steel adding another foot to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) to the length of the weapon.
		Medieval bishops carried maces in battle (Odo of Bayeux appears on the Bayeux tapestry wielding one) instead of swords, so as to conform to the canonical rule which forbade priests to shed blood.
		Mace is also a cooking spice obtained from the arillus (a layer surrounding the seed kernel) of the nutmeg fruit Myristica fragrans Houtt.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /mace.html (348 words)

	The Mace
		The Royal Crown surmounting head of the mace is a symbol of the Monarchs the head of the State and the unity that is necessary between Crown and State to ensure the smooth functioning of responsible government.
		The mace is the elegant and ancient symbol of the Royal Authority, delegated in Nova Scotia to the House of Assembly.
		The mace is a symbol of the authority of the Legislative Assembly and its Speaker.
	www.wsd1.org /sargentpark/JrHigh/JH_Main_Heritage_Fair/hfair2000/mace.htm (4209 words)

	Mace of the House of Representatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Mace is a symbol of the authority of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
		Around the cylindrical mace-head below the crown are four circular decorative panels: the pictures from the colonial great seal of King George II (with the king receiving a curtsy from a lady personifying the province, and the royal coat of arms) and allegories of commerce and agriculture.
		The ceremonial mace is descended from medieval weapons of war and from kingly scepters.
	www.schumanities.org /encyclopedia/mace.htm (283 words)

	University Of Alaska, Stories
		The mace is not on display during the year and is housed in a secure location in the UAF Registrar's Office.
		Today, the mace has a place in the ceremonial events of many organizations - national, state, and civic governments, for example, and a great number of the world's universities.
		The University of Alaska Ceremonial Mace is carried by the Marshal of the University in the processions that begin and end academic exercises - commencements, inaugurations, and special convocations.
	www.alaska.edu /opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=24 (192 words)

	Oviatt Library History of University Mace
		The mace presented to California State University, Northridge, by the Bibliographic Society of CSUN (precursor to the Friends of the Library), commemorated the occasion of the University's 25th Anniversary.
		In the Middle Ages the mace was a heavy club with a spiked or flanged metal knob at one end, used chiefly by knights to crush the armor of opponents.
		By the 14th century, maces had become more ceremonial in use and were decorated with jewels and precious metals, losing their war-club appearance.
	library.csun.edu /hltang/univmace.html (289 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		The earliest ceremonial maces, as they afterwards became, though at first intended to protect the king's person, appear as those borne by the serjeants-at-arms, a royal body-guard established in France by Philip II, and in England probably by Richard I.
		Contemporaries considered ornamented civic maces an infringement of one of the privileges of the king's serjeants, who, according to a Commons petition of 1344, alone deserved to bear maces enriched with costly metals.
		He made the mace for the House of Commons in 1649, which is the one at present in use there, though without the original head with the non-regal symbols, the latter having been replaced by one with regal symbols at the Restoration.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Ceremonial_mace (811 words)

	Fareham Borough Council: The Borough Council's Mace
		The mace is a symbol of the authority of the Mayor and is carried before the Mayor on all ceremonial occasions and at official occasions such as meetings of the full Council.
		The mace was made by Officers and Ratings of HMS Collingwood and was presented to the Borough on 9 April 1974.
		The mace was once a weapon of war and the ceremonial mace of today is a highly ornamental version of early man's club or bludgeon.
	www.fareham.gov.uk /council/general/mace.asp (496 words)

	GC&SU \| Tradition of the Mace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The mace, generally made of wood and clad in metal, was used as a weapon during the Middle Ages.
		The tradition grew, and by the end of the 16th century the mace was used by officials in cities and towns throughout England.
		The Georgia College and State University mace is carried during commencement ceremonies by the University Marshal, who will hold it as she leads the processional at the inauguration of President Dorothy Leland on Nov. 12, 2004.
	www.gcsu.edu /inauguration/mace.html (130 words)

	JMU Commencement-Ceremonial Mace
		Kings began removing spikes from their maces and encrusting them with jewels and precious metals for ceremonial use.
		It is carried by the marshal of the JMU Faculty Senate during all formal faculty processionals and recessionals.
		When it is not being used in university ceremonies, the mace is kept on display in a glass case near the entrance to JMU’s Carrier Library in the same area as the University Chain of Office and Medallion.
	www.jmu.edu /commencement/Mace.html (311 words)

	Rediscovering a Dead Sea Treasure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mace heads are metal balls that were attached to a club and used as weapons or in religious ceremonies.
		Mace heads were used as weapons, but those found in the Nahal Mishmar hoard are thought to have had a religious or ceremonial purpose.
		The mace head Terbush analyzed is an example of wax casting - the same technique used to fashion the objects in the Nahal Mishmar hoard.
	www.usc.edu /dept/LAS/religion/dt3.htm (1274 words)

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		The mace is a symbol of the Mayor's authority and is one of the oldest civic insignia.
		The mace was adopted as the special weapon of the Serjeants-at-Arms appointed first by Philip II of France (1180-1223) to guard his person from suspected assassins when he returned to France after deserting the cause of the Crusaders.
		The mace should always be reversed in the presence of Royalty (this is because the mace is a symbol of the Mayor's authority and, as such, becomes redundant in the presence of the Sovereign).
	www.chelmsfordbc.gov.uk /mayoralty/regalia.htm (1163 words)

	News at Western Illinois University
		A symbol of university scholarship and integrity since the 11th century, the mace originally was a knight’s weapon during the medieval period.
		Today’s use of a ceremonial mace indicates the seriousness of the occasion and the conformation of the academic process.
		Western’s mace is made of a turned walnut shaft encircled by three engraved sterling silver bands with four pierced sterling silver fins cradling a freely moving gold sphere.
	www.wiu.edu /unews/release.sphp?id=3158 (316 words)

	Reading Borough Council : Business > Business sectors and services > The Mace
		The Mace is a symbol of Royal authority, and was developed from a weapon of war - without doubt the most primitive of all weapons produced by man. Today's ceremonial mace is an ornamental descendant of this club or bludgeon.
		Possibly the first representations of the mace as a weapon of war are those shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, which dates from the second half of the eleventh century.
		The mace, which is of the usual form with open arched crown, is of silver-gilt, and is 4 feet 1 inch in extreme length.
	www.reading.gov.uk /GeneralR.asp?id=SX72C-A77F6D94&cat=20 (808 words)

	History of UTS Emble,Mace & Staff
		Later, maces began to have a ceremonial function, though they were still intended to provide protection, usually to the King's person, and were borne by sergeants at arms within the Royal Bodyguard.
		The mace is made of silver and titanium in evidence of the blend of tradition and modern technology.
		Its warmth and richness is appropriate to its supporting role in relation to the ceremonial mace as one of the two symbols of authority.
	www.gsu.uts.edu.au /graduation/day/history.html (1270 words)

	GCU>Press Release>New LLB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The unique 5’ mace, commissioned by Malcolm Lochhead, the University’s Millennium Fellow in Design who dressed the Scottish Parliament for its Official Royal Opening in 1999 and designed by produced by Richardson and Ottewill, is made of Scottish Oak and granite and silver and represents both Scottish and Omani themes.
		The mace will be presented to the College, by the University’s Principal, Dr Ian Johnston at a ceremony in Oman on 3 February 2002 a date which also marks the retiral of the College’s present Principal, Bill Laurie.
		The ceremonial mace which can be used by the College at its many prestigious events is ideal." The top of the mace is an oryx horn shaped cup containing a pierced sliver sphere.
	www.gcal.ac.uk /mpr/releases/biotechnological.html (323 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Policy Statement The University Mace is the symbol of the authority of a university and is present at formal ceremonies at which the Chancellor is present.
		Definitions University Mace The Mace is the ceremonial symbol of the Council's authority as the Governing Body of the University.
		The Mace design is contemporary and based in the history of the institution's predecessor colleges of higher education coming together as one university and the symbolism associated with a ceremonial university mace.
	www.ecu.edu.au /GPPS/policies_db/library/tools/download_policy.php?rec_id=0000000040&type=txt (1039 words)

	Historical Artifacts - Office of the Clerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Mace is 46 inches high and consists of 13 thin ebony rods representing the original 13 States of the Union.
		The ceremonial Mace is 46 inches high and consists of 13 ebony rods – representing the original 13 states of the Union – bound together by silver bands.
		The Mace remains in this position while the House is in session but is moved to the lower pedestal when the House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
	clerk.house.gov /histHigh/Virtual_Tours/Splendid_Hall/artifacts.html (1151 words)

	NCCU: The Chancellor's Mace
		The university mace is a symbol of authority that stems from ancient times when knights carried giant clubs made of iron to protect the king during processions.
		Today, a university’s mace is carried before the president or chancellor and other dignitaries of the platform party during commencement processions and other traditional ceremonies.
		The ceremonial mace of North Carolina Central University is a 32-inch staff carved from cherry wood, stained and plated with polished metal at two sections.
	web.nccu.edu /chancellor/mace.shtml (1409 words)

	Home\|Collections\|Collection of Arms and Armour\|Ceremonial Arms\|Ceremonial Mace
		These two similar maces were probably made in commemoration of the event.
		The mace was already used as a sign of rank in ancient Egypt; and from it evolved the scepter and the marshals baton.
		The gracefully bizarre form of these two maces clearly indicates that they were not intended as weapons.
	www.khm.at /staticE/page328.html (105 words)

	Alumni Association
		The finished mace is a simple yet elegant design that contrasts the dark, wave-like grain of the four-foot-long rosewood handle with a pure silver decorative top.
		Maces originally represented the power of a bishop in battle and served as protection for the clergy, who were forbidden to draw blood.
		The mace is carried by the faculty marshall at Convocation and Commencement and is displayed during Reunion and Homecoming weekends.
	www.departments.bucknell.edu /communications/BucknellWorld/1997-9/clubs.html (397 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A Mace is the emblem of authority for the House of Representatives.
		It was purchased by the "Commons House of Assembly of the Province of South Carolina" for 90 guineas.
		At some point in the fourteenth century the idea of the battle-mace was combined with that of the royal scepter, and the ceremonial mace was conceived.
	www.scstatehouse.net /studentpage/mace.htm (481 words)

	TheMaceblurb
		On the night of October 8th/9th 1891, the ceremonial mace was stolen from the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne and never seen again.
		Rumour had it that the mace was taken across the road from Parliament and used in an unseemly manner in a notorious brothel.
		The Mace was first performed in 1989 and then, around the 100th anniversary of the theft of the mace, in October, 1991.
	www.geocities.com /gordonoz/TheMaceblurb.html (303 words)

	Narmer - The Narmer Palette
		Named after the Horus Narmer, whose titulary appears on both its faces, the Narmer Palette is a flat plate of schist of about 64 centimetres in height.
		He holds a mace in his left hand, while his right arm is bent over his chest, holding some kind of flail.
		In addition, ceremonial palettes often represent the them of taming wild animals, one of the traditional tasks of the king.
	www.ancient-egypt.org /kings/0101_narmer/palette.html (1911 words)

	College Regalia and Academic Costume
		The ceremonial mace emphasizes the convergence of diverse cultures.
		The mace is the medieval symbol of authority.
		In the form of a chieftain's staff, the Lewis & Clark mace is a reminder of the history of the Northwest.
	www.lclark.edu /dept/pres/regalia.html (444 words)

	Wikinfo \| Mace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		(Weapon) An advance on the club, a mace is a wooden, metal-reinforced or metal shaft, 3 or more feet (a meter or more) long, with a head made of iron or steel adding another foot to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) to the length of the weapon.
		(Spice) Mace is also a cooking spice obtained from the arillus (a layer surrounding the seed kernel) of the nutmeg fruit Myristica fragrans Houtt.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Mace (318 words)

	Mitchell College
		The earliest ceremonial maces were borne by bodyguards of 12th century English and French kings.
		Ceremonial mace is found in the British House of Parliament, carried before ecclesiastical dignitaries and in university and college convocations.
		The mace precedes the president in processions and traditionally is carried by the senior tenured faculty member.
	www.mitchell.edu /miscpage.asp?mp=262 (347 words)

	-- News Release from UT Office of Public Affairs --
		The U.S. House of Representatives and the House of Commons in the British Commonwealth have stationary ceremonial maces.
		One of these maces is the "Mace of Authority" that symbolizes the authority vested in the University of Texas' administrative officers by the UT System Board of Regents, who in turn receive their authority from the state of Texas.
		The Mace of Authority particularly represents the responsibilities and authority of the president of UT Austin.
	www.utexas.edu /opa/news/98newsreleases/nr_199809/nr-mace980914.html (768 words)

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