. 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 . le and rayonnated suns completethe decoration of this curious sealed earthen-ware. Hurst, Her. A clump of trees. Hurte, Her. A blue roundle. Hutch, O. E. (Fr. hiiche). A locker, whichgenerally stood at the foot of the bed, to con-tain clothes and objects of value. It was com-monly used for a seat. Huv
. 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 . le and rayonnated suns completethe decoration of this curious sealed earthen-ware. Hurst, Her. A clump of trees. Hurte, Her. A blue roundle. Hutch, O. E. (Fr. hiiche). A locker, whichgenerally stood at the foot of the bed, to con-tain clothes and objects of value. It was com-monly used for a seat. Huvette, Fr. A close steel skull-cap. Hyacinth, (i) A precious stone of a violetcolour. (2) The colour formed of red withblue, blue predominating. (3) The flowerhyacinth among the ancient Greeks was theemblem of death. Hyacinthia, Gr. A national festival, cele-brated aimually at Amyclae by the Amyclseansand Spartans, in honour of the hero Hyacinthus,who was accidentally killed by Apollo with aquoit. Hyalotype (ua\os, glass, and Tv-mlv, to print).An invention for printing photographs from thenegative on to glass, instead of paper. Hycsos, Egyp. (lit. impure). A peopleof unknown origin, nomad tribes, but notsavages, as has hitherto been believed, whocame from Sinai, Arabia, and Syria. They are. Fig. 390. Hydra with seven heads. Hydraletes, Gr. (i) A mill for grindingcorn, driven by water. (2) A waterfall or cur-rent of water. Hydraulis, Gr. {v^pavXis). A hydraulic organ, invented about , wasreally a pneumatic organ ; the water was onlyused to force the air through the pipes. It isrepresented on a coin of Nero in the BritishMuseum. Only ten pipes are given to it, andthere is no indication of any key-board. It hadeight stops, and consequently eight rows ofpipes ; these were partly of bronze, and partlyof reed. It continued in use so late as the 9thcentury of our era. Hydria, Gr. A large, heavy vessel, usedprincipally for holding a store of water. It isrepresente
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