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 160
ec-ture and decora-tion, grotesquefigures of menwith fools capand bells arefrequently seenunder the .seatsof c h o i r-stallsand miserereseats. (See the article Ol?sca;NA.) Foolscap. A fools cap was the device of theItalian society called the Granelleschi, formedat Venice in 1740 to oppose the… … V^S- 323- Pompeian fount Fons, Fountain, Gen. In antiquity, naturalsprings and fountains were objects of religiousworship. Fig. 323 represents a Pompeianfountain known as the Fountain of Abundance-Font, Chr. The vessel which contains theconsecrated water used in the administration ofbaptism, by…
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