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 138
f a council, &c.). (2) Gen. The samewords, ypd/ufxaTa iynvKKia, apjily to the subjectswhich the Greeks included in the circle of thesciences, or encyclopadia.Encysted. Enclosed in a cyst.Endecagon (eiSeKo, eleven ; ywvia, an angle).A plane figure having eleven sides and elevenangles. Endorse,… … Fig. 288. Encarpa (Festoons) on the Temple of Vestaat Tivoli. ing boots of Cretan origin, such as Diana is represented wearing by the Greelv sculptors.Among the Romans the endromis was an ampleblanket of coarse wool, introduced from Gaul,in which athletes wrapped themselves when theywere heated…
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