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 340
) A mode ofarranging the hair on the crown of the head in the shape of a pyramid or cone. An exampleis seen in the Medicean Venus. Twill. A kind of ribbed cloth. Tympanium, R. {jv^n-naviov). A pearl shapedlike a kettle-drum, namely, with one surfaceflat and the other round. Tympanum, R.… … Fig. 671. Tymp.-inum. Romano-Byzantine. surface, whether triangular or round, markedout by the mouldings of a pediment. Fig. 671shows a tympanum of the Romano-Byzantineperiod. (For Triangular Pediment, seeFig. 26.) Tynes, Scotch, (i) Branches of a stagsantlers. (2) Teeth of a harrow. Tyrian Purple.…
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