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 250
supported by fourcolumns. (Fig. 515.)There was a secondtable at the other endof the spina, on whichwere placed smallmarble dolphins. OvumOrphiciiin, or Orphicegg, ^\■as the mysterioussymbol employed byOrpheus to denote theprocreative principlewith which the wholeearth is pervaded. Ovum ani^uinum… … fig- 515. Ovum.Egg-shaped balls. 240 WORDS USED IN emblem of prudence and wisdom ; the bird ofAthene. In Christian art it symbolizes darknessand solitude, and hence unbelief. Ox. In Christian art the attribute of St.Luke ; the emblem of the priesthood and ofsacrifice. In representations of the…
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