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Title: 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
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Mollett, John W. (John William)
Subjects: Art Archaeology — Dictionaries
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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walls, or by thedisposition of the vaulting, the main arches, &c.The French word bale means an opening madein a wall for a door or window. Bayeux Tapestry. A roll of unbleachedlinen worked in coloured worsted with illus-trations of the Norman Conquest (about A.D.1068) ; preserved in the public library at Bayeux.A full-sized copy may be seen in the SouthKensington Museum. Bayle, Arch. The open space containedbetween the first and second walls of a fortifiedcastle. These buildings often had two bayles ;in this case, the second was contained betweenthe inner wall and the donjon. ART AND AKCII.1:()I,(r;V 39 Bayonet. A weapon, so called after the townof Bayonne in France, where it was inventedabout A. I). 1650. Bay-stall, Arch. The stall or seal in thehay (of a window). Beads, Arcli. An architectural ornament ofmouldings consisting of small round carved beads,called also Astragal. Another name for thisornament is Paternosters. Beaker (Fr. conn-f). A trumpet-shaped vase,or drinking-cup.
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Fig. 70. MnulJing wiih Leak-head.-, aiKri….th-oniaiiiciit. Beak-heads (Fr. Ihcs cfoiseaK), Mod. Anornament peculiar to Engli.sh architecture, repre-senting heads and beaks of birds. The ancientPeruvians used the same ornament in their archi-tecture, as shown in Fig. 79, taken from thedecoration of the monolithic door of Tianuaco.
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