See also:

• ALOST (Flem. Aalst)

ALOST (Flem. Aalst)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Dender; the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of what was called Imperial Flanders . Pop . (1897) 28,771; (1904) 31,655 . Flanders in the feudal See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period was a See also:

• FIEF

fief of the 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 of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France—the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Flanders being the first of the twelve peers of France; but there was a small See also:

• STRIP

strip extending from See also:

• ALOST (Flem. Aalst)

Alost to the isles of See also:

• ZEELAND (or ZEALAND)

Zeeland, designated Imperial Flanders, of which the count was the See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor . Attached to the hotel de ville is a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but unfortunately it was seriously damaged by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1879 . In 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 St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin, dating from 1498 but unfinished, is a fine See also:

• RUBENS, PETER PAUL (1577-164o)

Rubens . The subject is St See also:

• ROCH, ST (Lat. Rochus; Ital. Rocco; Span. Roque; Fr. Roch) (d. 1327)

Roch, the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of lepers, and the colouring of the scaly skin of the leper in the forefront of the picture is generally regarded as one of the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's most striking effects . The See also:

• WORK

work was painted to the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the Brewers' Gild in (it is said) eight days . It was outside Alost that See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Clito, See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of William the Conqueror, who was then endeavouring to establish his claims as count of Flanders, was mortally wounded in 1128 . Of all the claims Alost possesses to fame perhaps the most remarkable is that See also:

• THIERRY

Thierry Maartens (c . 1474) set up there one of the first See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing presses in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . Alost is famous to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day for its See also:

• HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

hop gardens and See also:

• LINEN

linen-See also:

• BLEACHING

bleaching establishments .

The meadows See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Alost are often covered with the linen undergoing the See also:

• PROCESS

process of bleaching, which makes them assume the aspect of a whitish-See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

• CARPET

carpet .