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 75
Fig. 146. Centaur. Kevrew and ravpos, i. e. herdsman ; but prob.simply from KfVTioi, i. c. Piercer or Spearman).The Centaurs arc represented with the body 64 WORDS USED IN of a horse, and bust, head, and arms of a man.(Fig. 146.) In Christian archaeology, the Centauris a symbol of the swift passage… … Fig. 147. Centaur and young. tery. The war of the Centaurs and the Lapitha;is the subject of the frieze at the British Museum,from a temple of Apollo in Arcadia. Hippo-ctiitaiirs were half-horse ; Ono-centaurs, half-ass ;and Biiceiitaiirs or Tauro-centanrs, half-ox. Cento (KevTptuv, patchwork). A…
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