. 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. 630. Greek Stele. Stemma, crowns).. and R. (, i. e. thatAmong the Greeks this termserved to denote a wreathbound round with woollenfillets; among the Romansthe same term denoted along roll of parchmentornamented with roll contained thegenealogy of the
. 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. 630. Greek Stele. Stemma, crowns).. and R. (, i. e. thatAmong the Greeks this termserved to denote a wreathbound round with woollenfillets; among the Romansthe same term denoted along roll of parchmentornamented with roll contained thegenealogy of the were hung uponthe busts of ancestors,and in front of the ima-gines majorum. Stencil. A plate of anymaterial in which patterns- have been cut out. Theuse of stencil plates is ofgreat antiquity. They wereused in the schools of ancient Rome to teachwriting, and by the emperors for affixing theirsign manual to documents. Stereobate. The base of a plain wall. (SeeStylobates. Stereochromy. A new method of wall-paint-ing, with water colours sprinkled over withfluoric acid, adapted permanently to resist allthe influences of climate. Stereo-graphy {crrepihs, solid). Geometricaldrawing of solids on a plane surface. Stereoscope. A binocular glass, arrangedin conformity with the natural convergence ofthe sight of each eye to a focal centre. Anobj
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