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 353
f peculiar shape, fastened round the loins overthe abdomen. Vents, Scotch. Chimneys. Venturina, Sp. A precious stone, of a yel-lowish-brown colour. Hence : — Venturine. A powder of gold used to sprinkleover japanned surfaces. Ver Sacrum, R. (lit. aholy(ordedicated) Spring).The dedication to… … Fig. 683J Venice, Doge of, in state costume, i6th tentury. part of this offering; but in later years thepractice was modified as regarded children.They were brought up, under a vow of dedica-tion, to the age of twenty-one, and then withveiled faces expelled across the frontiers. Manycolonies…
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