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 71
since called a canton. (3) Thehind part of a saddle. Canteriolus (dimin. of canterius, a prop).A painters easel. The term, which is of doubt-ful Latinity, corresponds to the Greek oKpilSas. Canterius, R. This tenn has numerousmeanings ; it serves to denote a gelding, a prop,the rafters forming part… … Fig. 1 ,j. C.iiitliaius (Greek). Cantharus (Kdfdapos, a kind of beetle). Atwo-handled vase or drinking-cup, of Greek in- vention. It was particularly consecrated toBacchus, and accordingly, in representations ofthe festivals of that god, it figures constantlyin the hands of satyrs and other…
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