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 67
ened to the head). A head-dress worn by women ; the Greek MITRA (q.v.).Calcar (ra/jr, the heel). A spur. It was alsocalled calcis aculeus (lit. heel-goad), a term spe-cially applied to the spur of a cock. The latter,however, was just as often called calcar. Inmediaeval Latin calcaria aiirea are the… … Fig. 124. Calash. Li esperons li soit cope parmi Pr^s del talon au branc acier forbi. {Roman dc Garin MS.) Calcatorium {calco, to tread under foot). Araised platform of masonry, set up in the cellarwhere the wine was kept {cclla 7i/iaria), andraised above the level of the cellar-floor, to aheight…
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