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 50
n had two bayles ;in this case, the second was contained betweenthe inner wall and the donjon. ART AND ARCHEOLOGY. 39 Bayonet. A weapon, so called after the townof Bayonne in France, where it was inventedabout A. D. 1650. Bay-stall, Arch. The stall or seat in thebay (of a window). Beads, Arch. An… … Fig. 78. Moulding with Beak-heads and Iunth-ornanient. Beak-heads (Fr. bees (foiseau). Mod. Anornament peculiar to English architecture, repre-senting heads and beaks of lairds. The ancientPeruvians used the same ornament in their archi-tecture, as shown in Fig. 79, taken from thedecoration of the…
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