. 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 . 526 WORDS USED IN. Fig. 664. Triptjxh carved in ivory with open doors. as it fell from the beaks of the sacred chickenson to the ground ; it was looked upon by thepriest as a favourable omen ; another name forit was terripaviiim (striking the earth). (See AUSPICIUM.) Triquetra, Arch. A symmetrical int
. 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 . 526 WORDS USED IN. Fig. 664. Triptjxh carved in ivory with open doors. as it fell from the beaks of the sacred chickenson to the ground ; it was looked upon by thepriest as a favourable omen ; another name forit was terripaviiim (striking the earth). (See AUSPICIUM.) Triquetra, Arch. A symmetrical interlacedornament of early northern monuments. Anendless line forming three arcs symmetricallyinterlaced will describe the figure. Trireme, R. {tres, and rc/)ius, oar). Agalley with three banks of rowers. Trisomus, Chr. (Tpi-a-wfios). A triple sarco-phagus. (Cf. BlSOMUS.) Trispastus, R. (Tpi-ffiracrTos, drawn three-fold). A block for raising weights; ofthree puUies {orbicnli), set in a single block{trochlea). Triton. A sea-monster ; generally representedas blowing a shell {inarcx), and with a bodyabove the waist like that of a man, and belowlike a dolphin. Triumphal Arch. A monumental structure,usually a portico with one or more arches,erected across a public road for a triumphal pro-cession to pass under. Tr
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