. 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 . back-pieces;or,for the soldiers, ofa number of smallmetal scales orbands, fastened to-gether with rivetsor rings, and flexi-ble. Among theAsiatics the cuirasswas frequentlymade of cotton; and among the Sarmatians,and other nations, of , O. E. Cross. A cross with two pro
. 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 . back-pieces;or,for the soldiers, ofa number of smallmetal scales orbands, fastened to-gether with rivetsor rings, and flexi-ble. Among theAsiatics the cuirasswas frequentlymade of cotton; and among the Sarmatians,and other nations, of , O. E. Cross. A cross with two projectingarms on each side. Lorraine Glass for painted windows ; ob-tained from the Vosges as early as the 13thcentury, and then called Burgimdy glass. Whenany one means to paint, let him choose the Lor-raine glass, which inclines to the white yellowbecause that bears the fire best, and receives thecolour better than any other. {F<Hibiai, 1619.)Lota. A sacred utensil in India, used inceremonial and other ablutions. It is a globularbowl with a low narrow neck, sometimes chasedor engraved and incrusted. Lotus (AcoTos). The lotus is a frequentlyrecurring cyina in Hindoo architecture. InEgyptian archaeology, the lotus, of which twopartially opened buds may be seen in Fig. 432, WORDS USED IN. Fig. 432. Lotus-flowers. was the symbol of therising of the sun, offertilization, life, andresurrection. The lotusappears in the ornamen-tation of the largest aswell as of the smallestmonuments of Egyptian i\l VlftW WWtHli ^^^ ^^^ ^ ■■^^ motive\ wJ\f\ l\l!f 1i\ °^ many of the columns \.^V,I l\»Ulli j^j^j} capitals of the tem- ples and palaces of acertain period, as well asof the decoration of vasesand other small lotus-stems issu-ing from a basin sym-bolized Upper Egypt. Louis dOr, Fr. Agold coin, value about20s., first struck in Treize Style(Arch.), a French ver-sion of Italian art, pre-vailed from 1625 to 1650,and producedyfrt^z IcPaji-t)-e, the ornamentist, an
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