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 256
le supported by fourcolumns. (Fig. 515.)There was a secondtable at the other endof the spina, on whichwere placed smallmarble dolphins. OvumOrphiiUiiL, or Orphicegg, was the mysterioussymbol employed byOrpheus to denote theprocreative principlewith which the wholeearth is pervaded. Oviun aui^uiuum… … Fig. 515. Ovum.Egg-shaped balls. 240 WORDS USED IX emblem of prudence and wisdom ; the bird ofAthene. In Christian art it symbolizes darknessand solitude, and hence unbelief. Ox. In Christian art the attribute of St.Luke ; the emblem of the priesthood and ofsacrifice. In representations of the…
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