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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 177

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complicity with Tantalus in stealing ambrosiaand nectar from the table of the gods.] Harpsichord. A musical instrument inter-mediate between the spinet, virginals, &c., and\\\c pianoforte, which supplanted it in the i8thcentury. It may be described as a horizontalharp enclosed in a sonorous… … Fig. 373. Heraldic Hart. definesbronze. the spear asThe hasta Hart. A stag in its sixth year.Hart or Hind, in Christian art, originallytypified solitude and purity of life. It wasthe attribute of St.Hubert, St. Julian,and St. Eustace. Hart, Her. A stagwith attires ; the femaleis a hind. Hasta (Gr.…

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