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 191
Fig. 391. Hydria, or Water-jug, in black glaze. Hydroscope. Another name for the clepsydra.(See IIoROLOGiUM.) Hypaethral, Gr. and R. (lit. under the sky,or Jin the open air). The term was applied to … any building, especially a temple, the cella ofwhich had no roof. On the roofs of Egyptiantemples, hypjiethral temples are arranged withregard to astronomical observations, by whichthe calendar was regulated.
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