Descent is defined as transmission across the generations: children learn a language from the parents ' generation and after being influenced by their peers transmit it to the next generation, and so on.

The main sources available for discussion of this period include Gildas's De Excidio Britanniae and Nennius's Historia Brittonum, the Annales Cambriae, Anglo Saxon Chronicle, William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum and De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae, along with texts from the Black Book of Carmarthen and the Red Book of Hergest, and Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum as well as " The Descent of the Men of the North " ( Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd, in Peniarth MS 45 and elsewhere ) and the Book of Baglan.

In the 16th century, Renaissance influence caused French sculpture to become more restrained, as seen in Jean Goujon's bas-reliefs, and Germain Pilon's Descent from the Cross and Resurrection of Christ.

Illustration from The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin, showing the Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus: female on left, ornamented male on right.

This plate is from Darwin's Descent of Man, with the male at top, female at bottom.

Illustration from The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin showing the Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus, female on left, ornamented male on right.

Right Honourable Men: The Descent of Canadian Politics from Macdonald to Mulroney ( 1994 ), pp. 123 – 184.

* Descent ( video game ), first in a series from Interplay Entertainment and Parallax Software

* Descent, caving magazine from Wild Places Publishing first published in 1969

After the Little Entrance the Gospel reading is a concatenation of the four Evangelists ' accounts of the Crucifixion and the Descent from the Cross.

* The Faradda di li candareri ( The Descent of the Candelieri ): it's a devotional procession, in which enormous wooden candles are carried by members of the city guilds from the town centre to the church of Santa Maria of Betlem, in commemoration of the end of the plague in 1582, but it probably has older origins, from a cultural tradition from Pisa that as early as in the second half of the 13th century was practiced in some parts of Sardinia.

* Descent into ( the Cave of ) Trophonius ()-A work which consisted of several books, and, as we may infer from the fragments quoted from it, contained an account of the degenerate and licentious proceedings of the priests in the cave of Trophonius.

* Descent from antiquity

* Descent from Xanadu, 1984

Aside from this extended epic " The Descent of Inanna ," a previously unknown " Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi " was first translated into English and annotated by Sumerian scholar Samuel Noah Kramer and folklorist Diane Wolkstein working in tandem, and published in 1983.

* Descent from Mount Sinai by Cosimo Rosselli or Piero di Cosimo

In Edgar Allan Poe's short story " Descent into the maelstrom ," the narrator, looking down on the whirlpool from a mountain, refers to the water as " the howling Phlegethon below ," signifying its danger and coiling effect.

Descent from Cerdic became a necessary criterion for later kings of Wessex, and Egbert of Wessex, progenitor of the English royal house and subsequent rulers of England and Britain, claimed him as an ancestor.

In 1863, Clark helped organize Iowa's black regiment, the 60th United States Colored Infantry ( originally known as the 1st Iowa Infantry, African Descent ), though an injury prevented him from serving.

Charles Williams included the above quote from Prometheus Unbound ( 1820 ) in his book Descent Into Hell ( 1939 ).

Sometimes there will be a reënactment of the Descent from the Cross ; for instance, at Vespers in the Byzantine ( Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic ) tradition.

The racial makeup of the city was 79. 4 % White, 2. 8 % of African Descent ( U. S. Census, 6. 8 % Native American, 1. 8 % Asian, 0. 2 % Pacific Islander, 3. 0 % from other races, and 3. 98 % from two or more races.

* Sanders, I. J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent, 1086 – 1327.

In April 2011, Lakpa Tsheri and Sano Babu Sunuwar made the ' Ultimate Descent ': a three-month journey in which they climbed Chhomolangma ( Nepali: Sagarmatha, English: Everest ), then paraglided down the mountain and proceeded to kayak through Nepal and India until they reached the Indian Ocean.

* J. W. Burrow A Liberal Descent: Victorian historians and the English past ( 1981, paperback edition 1983 ).

* Levi Fox, " The Honor and Earldom of Leicester: Origin and Descent, 1066-1399 ", English Historical Review, 54 ( 1939 ), 385-402

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871.

English Baronies, A Study of their Origin and Descent, 1086 – 1327, Oxford, 1960. p. 68 " North Cadbury "

Descent from English royalty Part 1 ( Basic frame: Alfred the Great to Edward III )

Descent from English royalty Part 2 ( Descent from Henry I )

Descent from English royalty Part 3 ( Descent from Kings Stephen and Edward I )

Descent from English royalty Part 5 ( Descent from Edward III )

English Baronies, A Study of their Origin & Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p. 68, " North Cadbury "

English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327, 1960

Starting in 2007, the pageant allowed mainland Chinese participants, and the Chinese name of the pageant changed from 國際華裔小姐競選, which literally translated to " Miss International of Chinese Descent Pageant " to 國際中華小姐競選 to reflect the change, matching the English pageant title of Miss Chinese International Pageant.

* Ancient Mysteries Described Especially the English Miracle Plays, Founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum, Including Notices of Ecclesiastical Shows, the Festivals of Fools and Asses, the English Boy-bishop, the Descent Into Hell, the Lord Mayor's Show, the Guildhall Giants, Christmas Carols, Etc By William Hone, George Cruikshank

** The Descent Part 2, the 2009 sequel to the 2005 film

* The Descent Part 2 ( 2009 )-Mayor O ' Reilly

# " The Descent of Man "-Part 1 and the concluding chapter of Part 3, by Charles Darwin ( 1930 )

* The Descent Part 2 ( 2009 )

Noone also appeared in The Descent Part 2, The Day of the Triffids, The Runaway ( 2011 TV Series ) and is set to appear in Jack Taylor ( TV Series )

She also had a cameo as Beth's corpse in The Descent Part 2.

* The Descent Part 2 ( 2009 )

He is best known for his role as Hugh the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes " I, Borg " ( 1992 ) and " Descent, Part II " ( 1993 ) as well as in Star Trek: Voyager as a character named by the Doctor as " Fantome " from " The Phantom of the Opera ".