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 298
t helmet resemblingthe Kettle-hat (Fig. 407), introduced fromGermany in the 15th century. Salam-stone. A name given to the blue ororiental sapphire from Ceylon. Fig. 599. Sagittarius. Sagittarius, R. An archer; a sign of thezodiac, represented as a centaur. (Fig. 599-)In Christian art, a symbol of… … Fig. 600. Salamander. Device of Francis I., the Father of Letters. Salamander, Chr. In Christian art, a symbolof fire, and supposed to live in fire ; or, accord-ing to Pliny, to quench it as if ice were putinto it. In Heraldry it is either represented asa lizard, or as a kind of dog breathing…
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