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 33
ff is applied, or laid on, to another. Apse, Apsis, or Chevet (a>|/iy, bow or vault).The termination of a church. It is generally ofsemicircular form, and surmounted lay a demi- cupola, but there are instances of rectangularapses. Fig. 35 repi^esents the apse of St. Williamin the Desert. (See… … oi- ■^P^e (it St. William in the Desert, a mon.istcr}-in the South of France.—Built about a.d. 820. and etchers for biting in on copper and steel. Aqua marina. A transparent green stone, fre-quently used by the gem engravers of antiquity. Aquaemanalis. (See Aquiminarium.) AquamaniJe, Chr. The basin…
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