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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 359

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Middle Ages. (2) Bas-reliefs and sculptures on wood and stone. Yoke. A symbolical device assumed by PopeLeo X. in allusion to the text My yoke iseasy, expressed in the one word of the motto■■Suave. (SeeJuGUM.) Fig. 702. York Collar. Her. Was formed of alternateSuns and Roses. York Herald. One of… … 702. Yoke. Device of Pope Leo X. Ypres Lace is the finest and most costly kindof Valenciennes. Yu, Chinese, (i) A hard and heavy stone,supposed to be a kind of agate which was usedfor the ancient musical instrument KING, whichwas a kind of harmonicon made of slabs ofsonorous stone of different…

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