. 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 . wer of aNorman or mediffi\alcastle. It was gene-rally separate fromthe other parts of thebuilding. Thegreaternumber of feudalfortresses originallyconsisted merely of adonjon erected onan artificial earth-work. This donjonwas surrounded byan open space wall-ed, called the InnerBailey, and anotherbeyond
. 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 . wer of aNorman or mediffi\alcastle. It was gene-rally separate fromthe other parts of thebuilding. Thegreaternumber of feudalfortresses originallyconsisted merely of adonjon erected onan artificial earth-work. This donjonwas surrounded byan open space wall-ed, called the InnerBailey, and anotherbeyond called theOuter Bailey. Be-neath were the dun-geons. Fig. 264 re-presents a donjoncalled the Tower ofLoudun. The Whitetower is the donjon oftheTower of In Christian art, the Last Judgment ;a subject usually painted over the chancel archin parochial churches. Dorelot. A network for the hair, worn byladies in the 14th century. (See Calantica,Crespine, &C.) Doric Order of Architecture. The earliestand simplest of the three Greek orders. TheGrecian Doric order, at its best period, is oneof the most beautiful inventions of architecture—strong and yet elegant, graceful in outline andharmonious in all its forms, imposing when ona great scale, and pleasing equally when reduced. Fig. 264. Donjon. in size, by the exquisite simplicity of its parts.[Newlands.) The columns of this order had nopedestal,nor base;the capital, whichwas half a dia-meter in height,had no astragal,but a few plaiifillets, with chan-nels betweenthem, under theovolo, and a smallchannel below thefillets. The ovolois generally flat,and of great pro-jection, with aquirk, or this was laidthe Abacus,which was only aplain tile, withoutfillet or peculiarity ofthis order was thefluiings of the co-lumn, twenty innumber, shallow,and with sharpedges. The bestexamples of theGrecian Doric 0/which we havedescriptions andfigures are thetemples of Miner-va (called the Par-thenon) and ofTheseus at
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