. 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 . on the Ilissus at Athens. Thetemple of Fortuna Virilis at Rome is an inferiorspecimen. (See also Figs. 69, 1S4.) Irish Cloth, white and red, in the reign ofKing John was much used in England. Iron. Indian red, Venetian red, Afars red,J/ars orange, Mars yelloio are all coloured byiron (see Mars), and ar
. 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 . on the Ilissus at Athens. Thetemple of Fortuna Virilis at Rome is an inferiorspecimen. (See also Figs. 69, 1S4.) Irish Cloth, white and red, in the reign ofKing John was much used in England. Iron. Indian red, Venetian red, Afars red,J/ars orange, Mars yelloio are all coloured byiron (see Mars), and are valuable for theirgreat durability. (See METALLURGY.) Irradiated, Her. Surrounded by rays oflight. Iseia, Gr. and R. (lo-tm). Festivals inhonour of Isis. Among the Romans they de-generated into mere licentiousness, and wereabolished by the senate. Iselastici Ludi, Gr. and R. Athletic con-tests which gave the victor the right of return-ing to his native city in a chariot (ejVeAoujeij) ;whence the name iselastici. These contestsformed part of the four great games of Greece,viz. the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Xemeangames. Isodomos or Isodomum, Gr. and R. (tV($5o/uos,i. e. equal course). A structure built in equalcourses, that is, in such a way that the surface N 2 I So WORDS USED IN. Fig. 401. Ivory carving. Sword-hilt of the i6th century. each stone is of one uniform size, and that thejoints of one layer are adjusted with those ofanother so as to correspond symmetrically. /// /-/^ / A. /V-/^/ / /7T- /- Mi /] Pljil IIMPll)l!fill| mm^mw^ ijupi m l. ■ • 1 ^l ■^ ■ -] iiiiil . ■;■■,■ 1 ■■ - !■-- P5 ^ ^ :--,^J.:.l- .;,: ,1: ::L: -■3i Fig. 400 a. Isodomum opus. Isokephaleia (Gr. iVos, equal ; Ke4>a.\h, head).A rule in Greek sculpture by which the heads ofall the figures on a bas-relief were of the sameheight from the ground. l;ometiical Perspective, used for representinga. birds-eye view of a place, combines theadvantages of a ground-plan and elevation
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