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 360
red varieties of zircon, andjargoon to crystals devoid of colour and of asmoky tinge, occasionally sold as inferior dia-monds. (Simino)uls Com. Diet.) Zither. A favourite stringed instrument of asoft and sweet effect, much used in the AustrianTyrol. It is played lying flat on a table, and the… … Fig. 704. Duchess of Parma in richly embroidered robesand zimarra. sphere which extends to eight degrees on eitherside of the ecliptic. The Egyi:(tians had repre-sentations of it in their temples, the mostcelebrated being that of Denderah, a cast ofwhich is at the Louvre. Other zodiacs havealso…
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