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 299
i when pressed. Their skir-mishing was a prelude to the charge of theheavy-armed spears (Jiastati). Rosary, Chr. A string or chaplet of beadsfor numbering prayers, an Oriental and ante-Christian custom of great antiquity. They arecalled tasbih by the Indian Mohammedans;in Sanscrit ya/a^a/rt, the… … Fig. 591. Rose-window in the Church ofSt. Croix, Orleans. rose-flowers. (See Fig. 395.) In Classic art,a rose upon a tomb is an emblem of a short
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