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 209
r-raine glass, which inclines to the white yellowbecause that bears the fire best, and receives thecolour better than any other. {Filibien, 1619.) Lota. A sacred utensil in India, used inceremonial and other ablutions. It is a globularbowl with a low narrow neck, sometimes chasedor engraved and… … Fig. Lotus-flowers. was the symbol of therising of the sun, offertilization, life, andresurrection. The lotusappears in the ornamen-tation of the largest aswell as of the smallestmonuments of Egyptianart; and is the motiveof many of the columnsand capitals of the tem-ples and palaces of acertain…
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