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, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 112
son velvet. Cremium, R. [crcmo, to bum). Small wood,made up into bundles, used l)y bakers, and forlighting the hypocausts under the baths. Crenel. The peak at the top of a helmet. Crenellated, Her. Embattled. (See Battle-ment.) Crenelle, Fr. A cutting or indentation of thewalls of a fortress or… … Fig. 204 Crenellated walls at Pompeii. a portion of the crenellated walls of Pompeiirestored. (See Fig. 77.) Crepida, Gr. and R. (KpTjiris). A slippermade of a strong leather sole, to the edges ofwhich was fixed a piece of leather with eyelet-holes [ansa:) for the laces [corriifitr) or a…
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