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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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XPISTOS) ; sometimesfollowed by the Roman letters IHSV, or themotto in full, ■■in hoc sigiio vinces. It is,under several variations, a common ecclesias-tical emblem. Labellum. Dimin. of L.^brum (q.v.). imr zxzxz^ Heraldic Label.s.Fig. 411. Labels of 3 points. Label of 5 points. Labels, in heraldry, are marks o( cadency, (i)A band crossing the shield, with three points de- pending, marks the coat of an eldest son. (2Broad ribands hanging from a knights helmet.(3) In mediaeval architecture and church decora-tion, images of saints and angels bear labelsinscribed with texts and mottoes.Labis. (See Spoon.) Labrum, R. (lit. a lip). A general term todenote any kind of vessel the brim of whichturned over on the outside like the lip ofthe human mouth ;a wide flat basinwhicli stood in thethermal chamber orCaldarium (q.v.)of the Roman baths.Labyrinth, Gen.(\a.^\j ^tivQ 0%). Abuilding of consi-derable size, usuallyunilerground, con-taining streets andFi^. 412. Labyrinth. cross-roads, like the
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catacombs, &c. The term is also applied tointricate designs executed on the grass-plots ofgardens, and on the mosaic or glazed tiles npavements. (Fig. 412.) (See Minotaur.) Lac or Gum Lac (Arabic, lal:cilt). A resinproduced on an East-Indian tree by the punc-tures of the Coccus liicca insect. It forms abrittle substance of a tlark red colour, and whenin grains is called seed lac, and in thin flat platesshell lac. (See Lacquer.) The chief use of

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