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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 252

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ho had been killed by thehand of a Roman general. Plutarch assertsthat the spolia opima were actually taken onlythree times. Opinicus, Her. A fabulous heraldic monster;a dragon before and a lion behind, withacamelstail. Opisthodomos, Gr. (on-io-erf-Sojuos). Latin, Pos-ticum. A small chamber placed… … Fig. 502. Oppidum and carceres of the circus ofCaracalla. Oppidum, R. A fortified town, and thencethe mass of buildings occupying the extremityof a circus, in which were the stalls for thechariots and horses {careens). Fig. 502 givesa representation of the oppidum in the circus ofCaracalla. Optical…

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