. 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 . e Holy Eucharist, when taken tothe sick. Howve (Saxon, from the old German hoojd).A hood. A common phrase quoted by Chaucer, to set a mans howve,^ is the same as to sethis cap, cap him or cheat him. Huacos. (See Guacas.) Huircas or Pinchas, Peruv. Subterraneanaqueducts of the ancient Peruvians, distin
. 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 . e Holy Eucharist, when taken tothe sick. Howve (Saxon, from the old German hoojd).A hood. A common phrase quoted by Chaucer, to set a mans howve,^ is the same as to sethis cap, cap him or cheat him. Huacos. (See Guacas.) Huircas or Pinchas, Peruv. Subterraneanaqueducts of the ancient Peruvians, distinctfrom the barecac or open conduits. HuUings or HuUyng. Old English namefor hangings for a hall, &c. Humatio, R. (humo, to bury). The act ofburying, and thence any mode of intermentwhatever. Humes Permanent White. Sulviiate ofBakytks (). Humerale. (See Anabologium, Amice.) Humettee, Iler. Cut short at the extremi-ties. Hunting Flask. M. Jacquemart thinks thatthat represented in Fig. 3S9 may be reasonablyattributed to Palissy. It is glazed in green,and diapered with little flames of a deepershade. Upon the body, in relief, is the es-cutcheon of the celebrated Anne dc Mont-morency, round it the collar of St. Michael, ART AND ARCHEOLOGY. 173 and on each side the Constables sword sup-. known as Poimenes (the Shepherds), MentiouSati, Asia7t Shepherds, and even Scoiiri^es, fromtheir invasion of some part of Eastern Egypt. Hydra, Gr. (a water-serjjent). A hundred-headed monster of Greek mythology, sprung,like the Chimrera, from Typhon and Echidna ;he was killed by Hercules. In Heraldry thehydra is represented with only nine heads. Theillustration (Fig. 390) is of the device adoptedby Curtio Gonzaga, an Italian poet, to symbolizethe constancy of his love, with the motto, If Ikill it, more strong it revives. Fig. 389. Hunting !• lask of Jaspered Ware,1554—1556. Louvre Museum. ported by a mailed arm and the motto of hishouse, A Pianos (unwavering). A maskof Italian style and rayo
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