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
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… … Fig. 79. Peruvian ornament (Be.ik-heads). Bear. Dancing bears are represented inAnglo-Sa.xon MSS. Beards. (See baroa.) Beaver. The movable face-guard of a helmet. Beds. Anglo-Saxon beds usually consistedmerely of a sack {sivcciiti^) filled with straw, andlaid on a bench or board, which was…
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