Pavine
Pavine may refer to: * Pavine (dance), a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century * Pavine (molecule) Pavine is an alkaloid found in a variety of plants in four families, Papaveraceae, Berberidaceae, Lauraceae, and Ranunculaceae. The elucidation of its chemical structure was reported in 1955. The ''N''-methyl derivative of pavine is argemonin ...

Pavine (dance)
The ''pavane'' ( ; it, pavana, ''padovana''; german: Paduana) is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century ( Renaissance). The pavane, the earliest-known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci, in Joan Ambrosio Dalza's ''Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto'' in 1508, is a sedate and dignified couple dance, similar to the 15th-century basse danse. The music which accompanied it appears originally to have been fast or moderately fast but, like many other dances, became slower over time . Origin of term The word ''pavane'' is most probably derived from Italian 'danza''''padovana'' , , meaning " ancetypical of Padua" (similar to Bergamask, "dance from Bergamo"); ''pavan'' is an old Northern Italian form for the modern Italian adjective ''padovano'' (= from Padua). This origin is consistent with the equivalent form, ''Paduana''. An alternative explanation is that it derives from the Spanish ''pavón'' meaning ''peacock'' . ...
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