. 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 . t so unfor-tunately. Matronalia, R. A festival of the Romanmatrons held on the calends of March, atwhich matrons offered sacrifices to Mars andJuno Lucina. Mattucashlash. An ancient Scotch weapon,sometimes called the armpit dagger, being wornon the arm ready to be used on coming to closequarters. Maul
. 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 . t so unfor-tunately. Matronalia, R. A festival of the Romanmatrons held on the calends of March, atwhich matrons offered sacrifices to Mars andJuno Lucina. Mattucashlash. An ancient Scotch weapon,sometimes called the armpit dagger, being wornon the arm ready to be used on coming to closequarters. Maule. (See Malleus.)Maunde, O. E. A , R. The tomb of Mausolus, kingof Caria, at Halicarnassus, ranked among theseven wonders of the world. The name was after-wards applied to tombs of an imposing size andsplendour, such as the tomb of Augustus in theField of Mars, and that of Hadrian, on thebanks of the Tiber, now known as Fort A representation of it, in its originalstate, is shown in Fig. 451. 208 WORDS USEDIN Mauve is the colour of a peach blossom ;obtained as a dye from aniline found in gas tar. Maze, Chr. Labyrinthine figures in the pave-ments of churches and on the turf of greens. and much of it was made like our moderninsertion. The engraving shows a specimen.
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