. 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 . ferred todishes of various forms. Bolevardus, Med. Lat. A boulevard or ram-part. Bombard, O. E. A machine for projectingstones or iron balls ; the precursor of the used in the 14th century. Bombards, O. E. Padded breeches. InElizabeths reign the breeches, then called BOM-BARDS, were stuffe
. 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 . ferred todishes of various forms. Bolevardus, Med. Lat. A boulevard or ram-part. Bombard, O. E. A machine for projectingstones or iron balls ; the precursor of the used in the 14th century. Bombards, O. E. Padded breeches. InElizabeths reign the breeches, then called BOM-BARDS, were stuffed so wide that a gallery orscaffold was erected to acconmiodale membersof Parliament who wore them. The engravingshows James I. (painted 1614) attired for hawk-ing. (Fig. 91.) Bombax, O. E. The stuff now calle<l Bom-basin. A sort of fine silk or cotton cloth wellknown upon the continent during the 13thcentury. (Striitt.) Bombe, Ir. Curved furniture, introducedin the iSth cciitiuy. Bombulom or Bunibulum, O. E. (from theGreek ^oix&oi, a hollow deep sound). A musi-cal instrument consisting of an angular framewith metal plates, which sounded when shakenlike the sistnim of the Egyi)tians. 44 WORDS USED IN Bombylos and Bombyle, Gr. and R. A vase) called from the gurgling noise which the. Fig. 91. Bombards worn by King James I. of England. liquid makes in pouring out through its narrowneck. Bone Black. (See Ivory Black.)Book. In mediaeval art an attribute of thefathers of the Church ; in the hands of evange-lists and apostles it represents the Gospel. carries a book pierced with a Stephen, St. Catherine, St. Bonaventura,and St. Thomas Aquinas also carry , Her. A border to a , Gr. A festival held at Athensin honour of Boreas, the god of the northwind. Borto or Burdo, Med. Lat. A The centre of a shield; also an archi-tectural ornament for ceilings, put where theribs of a vault meet, or in other situations. Bos sa g e,Arch
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