An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington · leaf 108
ttledsoftly as thewearer movedabout. (Fig.216.) CrotalumGr. and R. {Kp6TaKov). Castanets made ofslit cane, used by dancers in the worshipof Cybele. The Middle Ages also had theircrotala, which consisted of a metal rod, in whichwere inserted rings, which sounded when theinstrument wasshaken. Crow or… … Fig. 217. Crown of HerMajesty the Queen. 98 WORDS USED IN a bell, in which the ring is fixed from which theclapper is suspended. In architecture the spireof a steeple is said to cr<nvn the tower, or afleuron to crown a gable, &c. Crown. An old English coin, the value ofwhich has varied at…
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