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 332
r =: (legrce of intensity. Inpainting in oils this is lowered by the addition ofa white pigment, in water colours by dilution. Tint is any unbroken stale of any colour,varying between the intensity of its parent colourand the purity of white. (y. B. Pyne, in theArt Union 0/1S44.) (See Tones.)… … Fig. 654. Tintinnabulum. Front view. Tintinnabulatus, R. Carrying a bell [tintin-nabulum); a term applied especially to animals which carried abell hung roundtheir neck. Tintinnabu-lum, R. (Gr./caSSojj). A bell used as ahand-bell; theytook very vari-ous forms inantiquity, he-mispheric…
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