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 inscription onmonuments. (4) A large board mounted on a spearand inscribed with the numbers of the prisoners,cities, and standards that had been capturedfrom the enemy; carried in a TRIUMPH or OVATION. Tobine. A stout twilled silk. Toga, R. {tego, to cover). The principalouter garment of a Roman,… … Fig. 655. Tintinnabulum. Side view. The colour of the toga was ordinarily white.Candidates (from candidus, white) were so calledfrom their whitening their togas with chalk ; thetoga pulla, of the natural colour of black wool,was worn in mourning ; the toga picta, or em-broidered toga, was for…
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