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 338
of heraldry. Tint of colour = degree of intensity. Inpainting in oils this is lowered by the addition ofa white pigment, in water colours by dilution. Tint is any unbroken state of any colour,varying between the intensity of its parent colourand the purity of white. (J. B. Fyne, ifi t/uArt C/jiio/t… … Fig. 654- Tintinnabulum. Front view, Tintinnabulatus, R. Carrying a bell {tiittin- iiiiliitliim); a term applied especially to animals which carried abell hunij roundtheir neck. Tintinnabu-lum, R. ((Jr.Kuihc»v). A bell used as ahand-bell; theytook very vari-ous forms inantiquity, he-ni i s p h e r…
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