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 286
musical instrument of threestrings, tuned in fifths, and played \vith a bowlike a fiddle. It was originally introduced intoSpain by the Moors. Rebiting. A process of renewing the lines ofa worn-out plate, by etching them over again;a difficult and delicate operation, which is rarelyperformed with… … Fig. =77. Rebus (Prior Bolton). The Bolt and Tun.
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