. 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 . of it. Fan-tracery. In Gothic architecture, elabo-rate carved work spread over an arched surface,like a fan with the handle resting on a corbelor stone bracket below. 136 WORDS USED IN Fanum, R. {fari, to speak) ; Eng. Fane. Aterm synonymous with Templum (), butimplying also the idea of a place wh
. 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 . of it. Fan-tracery. In Gothic architecture, elabo-rate carved work spread over an arched surface,like a fan with the handle resting on a corbelor stone bracket below. 136 WORDS USED IN Fanum, R. {fari, to speak) ; Eng. Fane. Aterm synonymous with Templum (), butimplying also the idea of a place which hadbeen consecrated by the solemn formula of theaugurs. The/anum thus comprised not only thebuilding itself, the temple, but also all the conse-crated ground surrounding it \_ locus libdratuset efatus.] Farrago, R. (i. e. made of far, spelt).Fodder for horses and cattle, consisting of thegreen ears of different kinds of grain. Farthingale (Fr. vertugale) is first spoken ofin 1547. It was a sort of cage made of whale-bone worn under the petticoat, increasing thesize of the hips. In Elizabeths reign it reachedto a preposterous size, giving the wearer theappearance of standing in a drum, accordmgto Sir Roger de Coverley. There ■wtrezakeel-farthingales and tub-farthingales. Farthingales. Fig. 304. of the lime of were worn during the reign of Charles I., but ofmore moderate dimensions; and in Charles the fashion vanished to reappear in thehoop of the 18th century. The engraving givesan example of a moderate farthingale. (Fig. 304. Fartura, R. (farcio, to stuff). The act of fattening poultry; and thence applied to a kind of structure, the centre of which was filled with ruljble. Fasces. (See Fascis.) Fascia, R. Any strip of cloth used for a bandage; such as (i) the swathes (Gr. ) in which newly-born children werewrapped ; (2) a white band, or for women, apurple, worn as a diadem (diadf:ma) ; (3)(/. pectoralis) a bandage worn by yo
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