pulchra

St Thomas Aquinas famously said that “pulchra enim dicuntur quae visa placent”, ‘beautiful things are those which please when seen’.

The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 1 2009

Predicting vegetative bud break in two arctic deciduous shrub species, '' Salix pulchra '' and '' Betula nana ''.

Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009

In the early sixteenth century, Song of Songs texts were often amended to include specific reference to Mary; this procedure is not adopted in the present motet, but instead the tenor line sings a cantus firmus, also taken from the Song of Songs: ‘Tota pulchra es, amica mea’ ‘You are all-beautiful, my love’.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

The Missa ‘Sur tous regretz’ may, as has been said, have been written in 1530, and the Missa ‘Quam pulchra es’ may have been composed for Pope Clement VII; the antiphon Ecce sacerdos magnus is joined to the final Agnus as a remarkable cantus firmus in which each phrase of the chant is directly repeated in halved note values.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

Some plant species, such as the deciduous shrub species '' Salix pulchra '' and '' Betula nana '', can respond to changes in growing-season timing [71], but others, particularly evergreen and early-flowering species appear to be particularly vulnerable [72].

Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009

Stipa pulchra was particularly important, although Stipa cerua, Elymus spp.,

California Central Valley grasslands 2008

Parinari curatellifolia, Ochna pulchra, Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata, Diplorhynchus condylocarpon, Terminalia brachystemma, Burkea africana, Copaifera baumiana and Bauhinia petersiana serpae.

Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands 2008

The long-bearded honeyeater (Melidectes princeps), MacGregor's bird-of-paradise (Macgregoria pulchra), the ribbon-tailed astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) are considered vulnerable.

Central Range sub-alpine grasslands 2007

Nam vincit et vel ignem, ferrumque si qua pulchra est.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

In Psal.lxxxv. omnes pulchritudines terrenas auri, argenti, nemorum et camporum pulchritudinem Solis et Lunae, stellarum, omnia pulchra superans.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007