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 339
as patent yellow, and Cassell yell07V. Turquoise. A valuable blue gem for orna-mental puqwses. (6.) Fossil ivory impregnatedwith copper. (/^) Turrets, Arch. (Fr. ioiirette, a small tower).Towers of great height in proportion to their dia-meter, and large pinnacles, are called turrets ;these often… … Fig. 670. Tunica muliebris, talaris. ART AND ARCHzEOL(!)GYv 329 to which the Greeks applied the term oipyrgus[irvpyos). Titrricula has a synonym Fritillus (q.v.). Turriger, R. Bearing a tower ; the termapplies both to an elephant and a ship of warwhen thus armed. Turris, Tower. In a general sense,…
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