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 110
Fig. 221. Crypt at Lanmeur (France). instance of the kind. Li modern archaeologythe term crypt is applied to a subterraneanchapel underneath a church. (Figs. 221 and 222.) … Fig. 222. Crjpt of St. Marys Church, Warwick. Among the Romans the word meant (i) acovered portico, or arcade, called crypto-porticus. H 2 (2) A grotto, or more accurately a tunnel. (3)A subterranean vault used for secret worship. (4)In the catacombs, a tomb in which a number ofbodies were interred…
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