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 227
me neck-lace on a larger scale.By analogy the termwas applied to the or-naments worn by horsesabout the neck. (SeeNecklaces.) Monks, Chr. In thercli^iuus iconography ofthe Gothic period, espe-cially the 14th and 15thcenturies, there fre-quently occur grotes(]uerepresentations of monks.(Sec Fig.… … Fig. 467. Monile. Detailsof ornament.
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