A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 267
central part plain to receivearmorial bearings, a cipher, an inscription, or457 CARYATID an ornamental or significant piece of paintingor sculpture. Frequent in French Renaissanceand modern architecture. The term in Frenchdenotes such compartments of any shape andtilled with any decoration, and is… … Caktouche : C.irvixg in \Vood ; CH.ixE.iti dAnet. B. An oblong figure with rounded ends,enclosing the hieroglyphics of a royal or divinename, on Egyptian monuments. CARVING. ..-1. Cutting in wood, stone, orother resistant material requiring the use ofa sharp tool; especially, ornamental…
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