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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
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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\\ as distinguished by a stake projectingfrom the house, on which some object was hungfor a sign. Alexandrinum (opus), R. A kind of mosaicemployed especially for the pavement of rooms.The distinctive feature of these mosaics is thatthe lines or figures composing the designs are intwo colours only, the prevailing ones being redand black upon a white ground. A largenumber of mosaics of this description exist atPomjieii, which are also called scclilia. Alexikakos (Apollo). Another name of thecelebrated statue generally called the BelvedereA) olio ; from Xcros villa at Antium. Algaroth powder. An ingredient in themanufcclure of an Antimony white pigment. WORDS USED IN Alhambraic. Ornamentation in the jNIoorishstyle of the Alhambra, tlie characteristic of vvhicliis a faithful imitation of natural combinations ofform and colour, with a rigid avoidance of therepresentation of natural objects, (tig- 15.) Alicula, R. A kind of large mantle, furnishedsometimes with a hood. Tlie term is derived
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Fig. 15. Alhambraic uriuinieiit. from the Greek &\\i^, the name given to theThessalian chlamys. (See Chlamys.) Alizarin, the colouring principle of the madder. Allecret or Hallecret. A light armour forcavalry and inflmtry, consisting of a breastplateand tassets (or gussets), i6th century. Allegory in art, is allegorically represented asa female figure veiled. All Halowes or All Hallowes. O. E. for AllSaints. Alloys of Gold. Gold is found alloyed withvarious metals, never without silver, often withcopper, iron, or other substances in smallquantities, and sometimes with mercury, whenit IS called an amalgatii. Gold alloyed withsilver is called native gold. See Electrum.AUouyere Fr. (Lat. allovcriiini). A purse orpouch often carried at the girdle, for-^ holding papers, jewels, and money.■~ Almayne Eivets (German Rivets). Rivets used in plates of armour made toslide and thus give play to the arms andlegs, invented in the 17th century, inGermany ; hence their name. Almery, Aumery, or

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