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 60
Fig. ii6. Bucranium. worn round the neck by cliildren of patricianfamily. The bulla scortca was an ornament … Fig. 117. Bulla (on a door). made of leather, worn by freedraen or individualsof the lower orders. Bulting-pipe, O. E. A bolting-cloth for sift-ing meal. Bullula, R. (India). Diminutive of Bulla(q.v.). Bur. A term in etching for the rough edgeof a line, commonly removed, but by Rembrandtand other…
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