. 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 . A pigment recently introducedas a substitute for the preparations of white is little liable to change, either by atmosphericaction or mixture with other pigments. It is thewhite oxide of zinc, and is also called ChineseWhite ().Zipo, Med. Lat. A shirt of , A peculiar rare grey an
. 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 . A pigment recently introducedas a substitute for the preparations of white is little liable to change, either by atmosphericaction or mixture with other pigments. It is thewhite oxide of zinc, and is also called ChineseWhite ().Zipo, Med. Lat. A shirt of , A peculiar rare grey and brownearth, found in the true rough and opaquevarieties of hyacinth stone, which are met within Ceylon, Norway, Carinthia, and the term hyacinth is applied to the transparentand bright-coloured varieties of zircon, andjargooti to crystals devoid of colour and of asmoky tinge, occasionally sold as inferior dia-monds. (Simmoiids Com. Diet.) Zither. A favourite stringed instrument of asoft and sweet effect, much used in the AustrianTyrol. It is played lying flat on a table, and the strings struck with a plectrum worn on thet humb. Zocle or Socle, Arch. The plinth in classicalarchitecture. Zodiacus, Zodiac, Gen. {^u^iaKhs, i. e. per-taining to animals). The zone of the celestial. Fig. 704. Duchess of Parma in richly embroidered robesand zimarra. sphere which extends to eight degrees on eitherside of the ecliptic. The Egyptians had repre-sentations of it in their temples, the mostcelebrated being that of Denderah, a cast ofwhich is at the Louvre. Other zodiacs havealso been found in the great temple of Esnehand at Contra-Lato. Many monuments of theRomano-Byzantine and Gothic periods possess 350 WORDS USED IN ART AND ARCH/EOLOGY.
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