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 278
uare shape, played with arather large plectrum. Pschent, Egyp. The head-dress of theancient kings of Egypt, which should properlybe called skhent, since the / only represents thearticle the. This head-dress is the emblem ofsupreme power, the symbol of dominion overthe south and north. It is a… … Fig. 564. Ground plan of a Pseudodipteral Temple. Psendodipteros, Gi*. and R. (^fuSo-SiVTepos).A building or temple which presents the ap-pearance of being surrounded by a doublecolonnade, though it possesses only a singleone, which is separated from the walls of the cella,as in the dipteral…
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