A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The best candelabra were made at Aegina andTarentum. (Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 6.) There are also candelabra of various other forms,though those which have been given above are byfar the most common. They sometimes consist of. CANDYS. a figure supporting a lamp (Mus. Borb. vii. pi. J 5),or of a figure, by the side of which the shaft isplaced with two branches, each of which termi-nates in a flat disc, upon which a lamp was candelabrum of the latter kind is given in thepreceding woodcut {Mus. Borb. iv. pi. 59). Thestem is formed of a liliaceous
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The best candelabra were made at Aegina andTarentum. (Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 6.) There are also candelabra of various other forms,though those which have been given above are byfar the most common. They sometimes consist of. CANDYS. a figure supporting a lamp (Mus. Borb. vii. pi. J 5),or of a figure, by the side of which the shaft isplaced with two branches, each of which termi-nates in a flat disc, upon which a lamp was candelabrum of the latter kind is given in thepreceding woodcut {Mus. Borb. iv. pi. 59). Thestem is formed of a liliaceous plant ; and at thebase is a mass of bronze, on which a Silenus isseated engaged in trying to pour wine from a skinwhich he holds in his left hand, into a cup in hisright. There was another kind of candelabrum, entirelydifferent from those which have been described,which did not stand upon the ground, but wasplaced upon the table. These candelabra usuallyconsist of pillars, from the capitals of which severallamps hang down, or of trees, from whose brancheslamps also are suspended. The following wood-cut represents a very elegant candelabrum of thiskind, found in Pompeii. {Mus. Borb. ii. pi. 13.) The original, including the stand, is three feethigh. The pillar
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