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 131
Fig. 276. Greek or Etruscan ear-rings in gold. Ear-iings (Lat. inaitrcs, Gr. eVcoTio) werea common ornament for ladies in Greece andRome, and among the early Saxons : they wereworn by men during the reigns of Elizabeth andJames I. Earth Tables, Arch. The projecting course ofstones in a wall,…
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