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 114
y as thewearer movedabout. (Fig.216.) CrotalumGr. and R. {KpSraKov). Castanets made ofslit cane, used by dancers in the worshipof Cybele. The Middle Ages also had theircroiala, which consisted of a metal rod, in whichwere inserted rings, which sounded when tlieinstrument wasshaken. Crow or… … Fig. 217. Crown of HerMajesty the Queen. WORDS USED IN a bell, in which the ring is fixed from which theclapper is suspended. In architecture the spireof a steeple is said to crown the tower, or afleuron to crown a gable, &c. Crown. An old English coin, the value ofwhich has varied at different…
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