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 345
Fig. 668. Plan of a Tumulus. Tumulus (tumco, to swell). Sepulchralmounds of ancient and prehistoric construction.The illustrations, figs. 668 and 669, show theplan and section of a Gallic tumulus opened atFontenay le Marmion. ?28 WORDS USED IN Tumulus Honorarius. (See Cenotaphium.)Tunbridge Ware.… … I - Fig. 669. Section of a Tumulus. Tunica, Gr. and R. A tunic; the principalgarment worn both by men and women amongthe Greeks and Romans. It was a kind ofwoollen shirt confined round the neck and thewaist ; it came down as far as the knee ; ithad short sleeves which only covered the upperpart of…
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