A dictionary of Greek and Roman . anches, 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
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . anches, 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 is not placed in the centre, butat one end of the plinth, which is the case in al-most every candelabrum of this description yet. found. The plinth is inlaid in imitation of a vine,the leaves of which are of silver, the stem and fruitof bright bronze. On one side is an altar withwood and fire upon it; and on the other a Bacchusriding on a tiger. (Becker, Gallus, vol. ii. p. 206,&c.) CANDIDATUS. [Ambitus.] CANDYS (ndvSvs), a gown worn by the Medesand Persians over their trowsers and other gar-ments. (Xen. Cyr. i. 3. § 2, Anab. i. 5. § 8 ; xvii. 77.) It had wide sleeves, and was madeof woollen cloth, which was either purple or ofsome other splendid colour. In the Persepolitansculptures, nearly all the principal personagesare clothed in it. The three here shown aretaken from Sir R. K. Porters Travels (vol. i. ). [J. Y.] CANTIIARUS. 237
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