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 89
memory it was held, andon the anniversary of his death. Circumvallation. A fortification made rounda blockaded place by a besieging army. Circus, Gr. and R. (i. e. a circle). A flatopen space near a city, round which were raisedscaffoldings for the accommodation of thespectators. This was the form… … Fu Fig. 163. Model of a Roman Circus. by tiers of seats for the spectators. At the endfronting the semicircular part was a rectangularpile of buildings, underneath which were thecarceres or stalls for the horses, and down thecentre of the circus ran a long low wall calledthe spitia, adorned with…
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