. 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. 188. Ewer and basin of enamelled cojiper (Turkish). Copal. A hard resin, which, dissolved inboiling linseed oil, forms an excellent varnishfor pictures. It is also used as a vehicle forpainting. The South African copal is the finestin quality. (See Varnish.) Copatain, O. E. A sugar-loaf hat; a co
. 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. 188. Ewer and basin of enamelled cojiper (Turkish). Copal. A hard resin, which, dissolved inboiling linseed oil, forms an excellent varnishfor pictures. It is also used as a vehicle forpainting. The South African copal is the finestin quality. (See Varnish.) Copatain, O. E. A sugar-loaf hat; a copped-crown hat. Cope, Chr. A sacerdotal garment, also calleda pluvial, because it was originally worn bypriests in processions as a protection against therain. It was open in the front, and fastened onthe breast by a or clasp. In theprimitive Chinch the cope was furnished witha hood, and hence mentioned as CucuLLA. Cope, Arch. To top a wall with thin bricksor stone. Coperone, O. E., Arch. A , O. E. The game of headsand tails. Cop-head, O. E. A crest of feathers or hairon an animals head. Coping, Arch. The capping or coveringof a wall, generally sloping to throw offrain. In Fig. 77 two of the merlons arecoped. Cophinus. Gr. and R. A largeshallow ^^■icker bask
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