Inside Out Library · Explore

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 69

An illustration from 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, leaf 69
opoetic. Carcanet, O. E. A necklace set with stones, orstrung with pearls. Carcass, Arch. The unfinishea frame orskeleton of a building. Career (akin to arceo, i. e. an enclosure [Gr.epfos]). (i) A prison. (2) The circus. At Romethe prisons were divided into three stages : thefirst, which formed a… … Fig. 137. Carceres. Roman prisons. superioi-), was for prisoners who had only com-mitted slight offences ; the career interior, or

Art -- Dictionaries · Archaeology -- Dictionaries

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from 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

More like this