. 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 . R. (dimin. of crates). A ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY. 95 small hurdle, and by analogy, a gridiron, whichlooks like a small hurdle. Creag, O. E. The game of ninepins. Creagra, Or. {Kpdyfia, from Kpias and aypew,i. e. a flesh-hook). A synonym of the Latinterm Harpago (). Creasing. A builders word for a row
. 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 . R. (dimin. of crates). A ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY. 95 small hurdle, and by analogy, a gridiron, whichlooks like a small hurdle. Creag, O. E. The game of ninepins. Creagra, Or. {Kpdyfia, from Kpias and aypew,i. e. a flesh-hook). A synonym of the Latinterm Harpago (). Creasing. A builders word for a row oftiles under the coping of a wall. Credence Table. The small table besidean altar, on which the communion was placedbefore consecration. Creme-box, O. E. A chrismatory (). Cremesyn, O. E. Crimson velvet. Cremium, R. {crenio, to burn). Small wood,made up into bundles, used by bakers, and forlighting the hypocausts under the baths. CreneL The peak at the top of a helmet. Crenellated, Her. Embattled. (See Battle-ment.) Crenelle, Fr. A cutting or indentation of thewalls of a fortress or tower, &c. The spacesbetween the solid masonry are called embrasures,and the solid portions themselves merlons;usually the tops of the merlons are coped tothrow off rain. (See Coping.) Fig. 204 shows. Fig. 204 Crenellated walls at Pompeii. a portion of the crenellated walls of Pompeiirestored. (See Fig. 77.) Crepida, Gr. and R. {KpirrrU). A slippermade of a strong leather sole, to the edges ofwhich was fixed a piece of leather with eyelet-holes {arisa;) for the laces [corrigi/e) or a strap{anieiittim). This shoe was of Greek carbatina was the name given to a shoeof the simplest and plainest description. (SeeCarbatina.) [This shoe is only found repre-sented on figures clothed with the palliuin, notthe Crepido, Gr. and R. ((fpijTris). In a generalsense, any kind of base or stand upon whichanother object rests, and by analogy the em- bankment of a quay, a dike, or jetty. Thet
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