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 116
Fig. 221. Crypt at Laumeur (France). instance of the kind. In modern archaeologythe term crjpt is applied to a subterraneanchapel underneath a church. (Figs. 221 and 222.) … Fig. 222. Crypt of St. Marys Church, Warwick. Among the Romans the word meant (i) acovered portico, or arcade, called crypto-portkus. (2) A grotto, or more accinately a tunnel. (3)A subterranean vault used for secret worsliip. (4)\\\ the catacombs, a tomb in whicii a number ofbodies were interred…
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