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 54
wo bayles ;in this case, the second was contained betweenthe inner wall and the donjon. ART AND AKCII.1:()I,(r;V 39 Bayonet. A weapon, so called after the townof Bayonne in France, where it was inventedabout A. I). 1650. Bay-stall, Arch. The stall or seal in thehay (of a window). Beads, Arcli. An… … Fig. 70. MnulJing wiih Leak-head.-, aiKri....th-oniaiiiciit. Beak-heads (Fr. Ihcs cfoiseaK), Mod. Anornament peculiar to Engli.sh architecture, repre-senting heads and beaks of birds. The ancientPeruvians used the same ornament in their archi-tecture, as shown in Fig. 79, taken from thedecoration…
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