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 191
ce, and in Italy. From the time of Augustus, ivory carvnig shared in the general decline of art. Increasing in number as they come nearer to the Middle Ages, we can refer to carved ivories of every century, preserved in museums in l>ngland and abroad. The most important ivories u]i to the 7th… … ART AND ARCH/EOLOGY. Christian uses, or as wedding presents, &c. Inthe Middle Ages, from the 8th to the i6th cen-
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