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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 346

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x-na.viov). A pearl shapedlike a kettle-drum, namely, with one surfaceflat and the other round. Tympanum, V^. {rvii.Ttavov). (i) A tambourine,like that of modern times : a piece of stiff parch-ment stretched over a hoop witii bells. (2)A dmm-shaped wheel; tympanum dentatuin,a cogged wheel. (3) In… … Fig. 671. iympniium. Romano-Byzantine. surface, whether triangular or round, markedout by the mouldings of a pediment. Fig. 671shows a tympanum of the Romano-Byzantineperiod. (For Triangular Pediment, seeFig. 26.) Tynes, Scotch, (i) Branches of a stagsantlers. (2) Teeth of a harrow. Tyrian Purple.…

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