. 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. 267. Doublet costume, temp. Elizabeth. With the Assyrians and Babylonians the dovewas the symbol of Semiramis, who, accordingto tliem, took this shape on leaving earth. Thedove was the favourite bird of Venus. As asymbol of conjugal fidelity, the device of twoturtle-doves was adopted by (liovanna
. 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. 267. Doublet costume, temp. Elizabeth. With the Assyrians and Babylonians the dovewas the symbol of Semiramis, who, accordingto tliem, took this shape on leaving earth. Thedove was the favourite bird of Venus. As asymbol of conjugal fidelity, the device of twoturtle-doves was adopted by (liovanna ofAustria on her marriage witli lranccsco deMedici. (Fig. 26S.) Dove-tail nr Swallow-tail, Gen. A methodof joining ein[)luycil for wood, stone, or iron,ancl so called because the tenon by which thejoint is effected is cut in the shape of a dove-tail or swallow-tail. This tail fits into a notch(Fig. 269). The ancients employed doul)le dove-tails for joining stones together; this method ofconslrucliou was called Opus Rkvinctum (). Dove-tail Moulding, Arch. (Norman ; called ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY. 117 also Triangular Frette). Decorated withrunning bands in the form of Iwo Doves. 1 >evice of (iiovanna de Medici. Doves, the Eucharistic. Sacred vessels ofgold, silver, gilded bronze, or ivory, in the
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