. 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 . s, Examples of Tiles, &c.) Tilt, O. E. The word is properly applied tothe exercises in training for the joust, againstthe Quintain, the Pel, the ring, and otherobjects. Timbre, Her. (i) Anciently, the crest; (2)Modern French, the helm, in a coat of arms. Timbrel. An ancient tambourine, with adouble ro
. 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 . s, Examples of Tiles, &c.) Tilt, O. E. The word is properly applied tothe exercises in training for the joust, againstthe Quintain, the Pel, the ring, and otherobjects. Timbre, Her. (i) Anciently, the crest; (2)Modern French, the helm, in a coat of arms. Timbrel. An ancient tambourine, with adouble row of gingles. Tin-glazed Wares. (See Pottery.) Tina, R. A large vessel used for holdingwine ; its shape is unknown. Tinctures, Her. The two metals and thefive colours of heraldry. Tint of colour =: (legrce of intensity. Inpainting in oils this is lowered by the addition ofa white pigment, in water colours by dilution. Tint is any unbroken stale of any colour,varying between the intensity of its parent colourand the purity of white. (y. B. Pyne, in theArt Union 0/1S44.) (See Tones.) Tint-tools. In copper and wood engraving,gravers use<l for skies, still waters, architecture,<S:c. The word tint in engraving meanscolour, and skies are tints cut horizontally. ART AND ARCHEOLOGY, 321. Fig. 654. Tintinnabulum. Front view. Tintinnabulatus, R. Carrying a bell [tintin-nabulum); a term applied especially to animals which carried abell hung roundtheir neck. Tintinnabu-lum, R. (). A bell used as ahand-bell; theytook very vari-ous forms inantiquity, he-mispheric al,, orcylindrical, andsome were square. TheRomans alsomade use of akind of swing-ing gong similarto that shownin Figs. 654and 655, of aspecimen dis-covered atPompeii, andnow in theNaplesmuseum. Tintinnabu-lum, O. E. Amusical instru-ment made of aset of bells,arranged inorder within aframe. Tints. (SeeTone.)Tiraz, Arab. The ancient name of the apart-ment in an Arab palace set apart for weaving ;also of t
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