. 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 . rails. Pedestal, Gen. Thebase of a structure;the base supporting astatue, group, or mo-numental column. Apedestal has threeparts : the base or footnext the ground, thedado or die fonning thecentre, and the corniceor siirbase mouldings atthe top. Fig. 527 re-presents a half-sectionof the base of Trajan
. 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 . rails. Pedestal, Gen. Thebase of a structure;the base supporting astatue, group, or mo-numental column. Apedestal has threeparts : the base or footnext the ground, thedado or die fonning thecentre, and the corniceor siirbase mouldings atthe top. Fig. 527 re-presents a half-sectionof the base of Trajanscolumn at Rome ; a half-section ofthe base of the columndedicated to AntoninusPius, and preserved inthe Pio ClementinoMuseum at Rome;lastly, Fig. 529 gives apart of the pedestalor base of the Pan-drosium at Athens ;when, however, pedes-tals support caryatidesor columns, they aremore commonly calledStylobates (). Pedica, R. (i) Asnare by which an ani-mal is caught by thefoot {pes). (2) Fettersor irons ^^•orn on thefeet by slaves. Pediculated, or supportedby a Pedicule ().Pedicule, Arch. Asmall pillar whichserves as a support toanything ; whence theexpressions monopedi-cnlated (with a singlepedicule) (Fig. 387),and polypedicidated(with several pedi-cules).. V\%. 527. Pedestal ofTrajans Column.
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