Look up: provenance

1. Provenance
   Provenance, from the French provenir, "to come from", refers to the chronology of the ownership or location of a historical object. The term was originally mostly used for works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including science and computing. Typical uses may co...
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2. Provenance
   Origin, location, arrangement or relationship of an object or a collection of objects.
   Found on http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/glossary.htm
   
   
3. Provenance
   Provenance is the record of all previous ownership of a painting or work of art. Ideally this should cover the time it left the artist's studio to the present location, so there is evidence of unbroken ownership history. All Red Rag British and Scottish art and paintings are sourced directly from the Artists studio.
   Found on http://www.redraggallery.co.uk/art-gloss
   
   
4. Provenance
   The history of the ownership and transmission of an object
   Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#
   
   
5. Provenance
   The provenance of a work of art is the history of its ownership. The word comes from the French verb provenir, to come from. Provenance is essential in identifying with certainty the authorship of a work of art. When the chips are down, no amount of connoisseurship can beat a good provenance. The id...
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6. provenance
   a progeny test of populations of the same species but of different provenances (tree archive),for the purpose of: a) studying their performance under a range of site and climatic conditions; b) determining the distribution of selected progeny characters in relation to provenance c) identifying the m...
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7. Provenance
   Prov'e·nance noun [ French, from provenir to originate, to come forth, Latin provenire . Confer Provenience .] Origin; source; provenience. « Their age attested by their provenance and associations.» A. H. Keane.
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8. provenance
   For seeding material, the provenance is the harvest location, for plants, it is both the harvest location and the location of the nursery. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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9. Provenance
   • (n.) Origin; source; provenience.
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10. provenance
    provenance 1. The place of origin of something. 2. The source and ownership history of a work of art or literature, or of an archeological find. 3. Literally, “to come forth”.
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11. Provenance
    [Numb3rs] "Provenance" is the third episode of the third season of the American television show Numb3rs. Inspired by real-life instances, the episode features a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into a stolen painting which may have a tainted provenance. Gena Rowlands, who ...
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12. Provenance
    [disambiguation] Provenance means the origin or history of something. Provenance may also refer to: ...
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13. provenance
    The history of the previous owners of a book. Bookplates, notes and other writings in the book, and inserted matter, may determine provenance.
    Found on http://www.alibris.com/glossary/glossary