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 79
146. Centaur. KfVTfu and Tor.fjos, i. e. herdsman ; but proh.simply from Kfvriu), i. e. Piercer or S])earman).The Centaurs are rei)rescnte<l with the body 64 WORDS USED IN of a horse, and bust, head, and arms of a man.(Fig. 146.) In Christian archaeology, the Centauris a symbol of the swift… … Fig. 147. Centaur and young. tery. The war of the Centaurs and the Lapitheeis the subject of the frieze at the British Museum,from a temple of Apollo in Arcadia. Hippo-centaurs were half-horse ; Ono-centaurs, half-ass ;and Biicentanrs or Tatiro-centaiirs, half-ox. Cento {KevTpcuv, patchwork). A…
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