. 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 . 55, 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 the rich silken stuffs w
. 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 . 55, 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 the rich silken stuffs woven there. Tire Valiant or Volant, O. E. A kind of head-dress. {S/iakspcare.) Titulus, R. (i) The title or Index of abook. (2) A notice in front of a house to be letor sold. (3) An epitaph or other inscription onmonuments. (4) A large board mounted on a spearand inscribed with the numbers of the prisoners,cities, and standards that had been capturedfrom the enemy; carried in a TRIUMPH or OVATION. Tobine. A stout twilled silk. Toga, R. {tego, to cover). The principalouter garment of a Roman, as the Pallium() was the national dress of the the different kinds of toga were thetoga rcstricta, togafusa, toga prcetexta, toga puraor virilis, toga paiinata, toga picturata, & 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-
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