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 64
Fig. ii6. Bucranium. worn round the neck by children of patricianfamil)-. The bulla scortca was an ornament … Fig. 117. Rulla (on a door). made of leather, worn by freedmen or individualsof the lower orders. Bulting-pipe, O. E. A bolting-cloth for sift-ing meal. Bullula, R. {India). Diminutive of BuLL.\ (q.V.). Bur. A term in etching for tiie rough edgeof a line, commonly removed, but by Rembrandtand other…
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