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
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… … Fig. 79. Peruvian ornament (Beak-heads). are represented in Bear. Dancing bearsAnglo-Saxon MSS. Beards. (?,ee bai-ba.) Beaver. The movable face-guard of a helmet. Beds. Anglo-Saxon beds usually consistedmerely of a sack {saccing) filled with straw, andlaid on a bench or board, which was…
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