. 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. 219. Porcelain Cruciform Box (Egyptian). Cruciform. Shaped to foim a cross. Theillustration represents a specimen of ancientEgyptian porcelain, of this shape, ornamentedwith the lotus. (See Egyptian Pottery.) Crumata. (See Crusmata.) Crumena, R. A leather pouch for carryingmoney. The balantioji of
. 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. 219. Porcelain Cruciform Box (Egyptian). Cruciform. Shaped to foim a cross. Theillustration represents a specimen of ancientEgyptian porcelain, of this shape, ornamentedwith the lotus. (See Egyptian Pottery.) Crumata. (See Crusmata.) Crumena, R. A leather pouch for carryingmoney. The balantioji of the Greeks was wornsuspended from the neck by a strap. Crumenal, O. E. A purse. Crupezia, Gr. {Kpovw, to strike). A kind ofsandal Mitli a double sole, in the middle of whichwere castanets with springs. (.See Crotalum.)Greek flute-players used them in the theatreto beat time to the singing and declamation ofthe chorus. Crusca, Accademia della. A literary aca-demy established in Florence in the 15th century by Cosmo de Medici; their device, a bolting-mill, represented in Fig. 220, was symbolical of. Fig. 220. Device of the Delia Cruscan Academy. their object to cultivate the Italian language bywinnowing the flour from the bran ; and in allu-sion to it, the members called themselves byappropriate names, as Infarinato, Rimenato,Gramolato, Insaccato, &c. On the top of theshield is the Marzocco, or Lion of Florence, theemblem of the city. Crusilee, Crusily, Her. Having the fieldsemee of small crosses. Cruske, O. E. An earthen vessel; cf. theIrish criiishkeai. Crusmata, Crumata, Gr. and R. {Kpovu, tostrike). Castanets. Crustae, R. In the finest works of the chaser,the ornamental pattern was frequently distinctfrom the vessel, to which it was either fastenedpennanently, or so that it could be removed atpleasure, the vessel being of silver, and the orna-ments of gold, which were called frusta: or et>i-blej)iata (Dr. Smith). Of these the former werethe figures embossed in low relief,
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