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 185
Fig. 391. Hydria, or Water-jug, in black glaze. Hydroscope. Another name for the clepsydra.(See IIoROLOGiuM.) Hypaethral, Gr. and R. (lit. under the sky,or Jin the cpen air). The term was applied to … any building, especially a temple, the cella ofwhich had no roof. On the roofs of Egyptiantemples, hypoethral temples are arranged withregard to astronomical observations, by whichthe calendar was regulated.
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