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 336
nians,Parthians, Medes, and Persians. Tiara recta orcidaris was an upright tiara, the regal head-dress of Persia. Tiara Phrygia was a synonymfor Mitra. Fig. 183 represents the head-dressand costume of a Persian soldier. Tiara, Chr. The Popes triple crown, em-blematic of his authority in the three… … Fig. 652. Thurible- An Arabic incense-burner in brass,inlaid with silver. 320 WORDS USED IN cipal varieties were:—the 9>!o;iau/os or singlepipe, including the bagpipe [iitricolarhis);
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