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 323
ed on tombs. Tabularium, R. A place set apart in thetemples at Rome where the public records werekept. Tace, Chr. The cross or crutch of St.Anthony. Taces. (See Tassets.) The skirts or caver-inos to the pockets. {iMcyrick.) Taces. Overlapping plates of armour to en-velope the abdomen (see Taches),… … Fig. 644. ia;nia. Taenia, Gr. and R. (i) The ribbon withwhich a wreath or fillet round the head was at-tached. (2) In architecture, the band whichseparates the Doric frieze from the architrave ;it is, in many cases, ornamented with paintingsimilar to that shown in Fig. 644. Taffeta (Pers. iaftah,…
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