. 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. 655. Tintinnabulum. Side view. The colour of the toga was ordinarily (from candidus, white) were so calledfrom their whitening their togas with chalk ; thetoga pulla, of the natural colour of black wool,was worn in mourning ; the toga picta, or em-broidered toga, was for generals
. 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. 655. Tintinnabulum. Side view. The colour of the toga was ordinarily (from candidus, white) were so calledfrom their whitening their togas with chalk ; thetoga pulla, of the natural colour of black wool,was worn in mourning ; the toga picta, or em-broidered toga, was for generals on their triumphs.(See also Pr^texta, Trabea, &c.) The illus-tration (Fig. 656) represents the statue of aRoman senator of the Augustan age. Togatus, R. Wearing the/c,i,a; essentially theRoman costume, opposed to palliatus, a man inthe Greek dress. Togula, R. (dimin. of toga). (i) A togaof a fine texture ; or (2) the short and thread-. Fig. 656. Roman Senator wearing the toga. 322 WORDS USED IN bare toga of coarse texture, worn by a poor man,who then went by the name of togatulus, Toilinet. A textile of silk or cotton warp,with woollen weft. Toise. In French lineal measurement = 76inches. Toison dOr, Her. The Golden Fleece. AFrench order of knighthood, instituted by Philipthe Good in 1429. The order has a king-at-arms called Toison dOr. The collar is composedof flint-stones, alternately with double fusilsplaced two and two together, forming double this suspends a Golden Fleece. Themotto is, Pretium non vile laborum. (SeeFusil.) Tokens. Small coins issued by tradesmen forcurrent money. (Consult W. Boytu^s Tokeiis,&c.) ToUeno, R. {toUo, to lift). (l) A contrivancefor drawing water from a well, made of a strongcross-bar poised from the top of an uprightbeam, with a weight at one end and a rope andbucket at the other. (2) A similar apparatuswas used in siege operations to lift soldiers upto a wall. Tom-tom.
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