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 57
Fig. 87. Bipennis 42 WORDS USED IN Bird-bolt. A short thick arrow, with a blunthead, about the breadth of a shiUing. Biremis, R. {i-emus, an oar). A pair-oaredboat, or a vessel having two banks of oars. … Fig. 88. Biretta. Biretta, It. (Portrait of a Rector of Padua.) A cap. In its restrictedmeaning the term is applied to that worn by-priests and academical persons. The illustra-tion shows the state costume of the Rector ofthe University of Padua, who wears a sacerdo-tal biretta. Birotus and Birota,…
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