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 109
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… … illustration represents the gold crown of HenryVIII., dated 1462, called a crown of the Rose,value 4^. 6(/. Other crown pieces were called,from the mint-mark, crowns of the Sun. Croyle, O. E. Crewel; tightly-twistedworsted. Crozier, Chr. The name is often iinp7-operlyapplied to the bishops crooked…
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