. 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 . 472. Muralcrown. liorses feet, and so disable tlicni. (Sec Cal-TRArs.) Murrey, O. E. A reddish purple or mul-berry colour. The livery of the House of York. Murrhina, Murrhea, and Myrrhina, R. Mur-rhine vases ; they are spoken of by Iliny, and havegiven rise to interminable treatises and discus-sions, w
. 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 . 472. Muralcrown. liorses feet, and so disable tlicni. (Sec Cal-TRArs.) Murrey, O. E. A reddish purple or mul-berry colour. The livery of the House of York. Murrhina, Murrhea, and Myrrhina, R. Mur-rhine vases ; they are spoken of by Iliny, and havegiven rise to interminable treatises and discus-sions, with the sole result that no light whateverlias I)ccn thrown on the nature of these vases. Murrhine Glass. (See Glass.). Fig. 473. Walls of Megalopolis. Murus, R. Walls as defences and fortifi-cations, in contradistinction to faries, the wallof a building. Fig. 473 represents a portion ofthe walls of Megalopolis. (See Mcenia.) Muscarium, R. (imisca, a fly), (i) A fly-flap. Hence (2) The tail of a horse. (3) Acase in which papers were shut up in order topreserve them from fly-stains. Muses, the personifications of the liberal arts,are represented conventionally as follows :—• Calliope. The Muse of epic poetry ; a tabletand stylus, sometimes a roll. Cleio. The Muse of history; seated in anarm-chair with an open roll of paper, some-times with a sun-dial. Euterpe. The Muse of lyric poetry; witha double flute. Melpomene. The Muse of tragedy ; with atragic mask, the club of Hercules, and sword ;crowned with the vine-leaves of Bacchus, andshod in the cotkurnits; often heroically posedwith one foot on a fragment of rock. Terpsichore. The Muse of choral dance andreligious song ; with lyra and pkctrutn. As th
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