. 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 . Fig. 70. MnulJing wiih , Beak-heads (Fr. Ihcs cfoiseaK), Mod. Anornament peculiar to 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 th
. 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 . Fig. 70. MnulJing wiih , Beak-heads (Fr. Ihcs cfoiseaK), Mod. Anornament peculiar to 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 Fig. 79. Peruvian ornament (). Bear. Dancing bears are represented MSS. Beards. (See baroa.) Beaver. The movable face-guard of a helmet. Beds. Anglo-Saxon beds usually consistedmerely of a sack {sivcciiti^) filled with straw, andlaid on a bench or board, which was ordinarilyin a recess at the side of the room, as we still seein Scotland. The word iei/s^cadmeans only a place for a bed. yrsUr /Wr, or l)eds with aroof, wcic introduced liy the Normans. Kariyin the 13th century beds were covered much asnow, with ipiilte, counterpane, bolster,sheets, and coverlet ; and stood behind hung from the ceiling. In the 15th cen-tury the beds became much more oriianientai,having cano]>y and curtains, and these, as well asthe tc-s/cr or back, decorated with heraldic, reli-gious, or other devices. At the sides werecosUrs, or ornamental cloths. Hetween thecurtains and the wall a space was left called thenicUi\ or little street. Beech Black. A blue-black veget
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