. 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 . b only being free. A legend current atGrenoble affirms that St. Anne, the motherof the Virgin Mary, was a knitter of gloves. 158 WORDS USED IN Gluten. In wax painting, the compoundwhh w iiich the pigments are mixed. Glyphs, Arch. The flutings of an ornamentor grooving form-ing the segmentof a circle.
. 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 . b only being free. A legend current atGrenoble affirms that St. Anne, the motherof the Virgin Mary, was a knitter of gloves. 158 WORDS USED IN Gluten. In wax painting, the compoundwhh w iiich the pigments are mixed. Glyphs, Arch. The flutings of an ornamentor grooving form-ing the segmentof a circle. (SeeDiGLYPH, Tri- GLYPH.) Glyptics. The art of engravingon preciousstones. Glyptotheca,Gr. and R. (i)A gallery forsculpture. (2) Acollection of en-graved stones. Gnomon, R. The iron])in or index,which, by theprojection of itsshadow, marksthe hour upon asun-dial. Goal. (SeeMet A.) Goat. Theemblem f)f lasciviousness. Gobelins. Celebrated Royal French manu-factory of tapestry, named from the successorsof Jean Gobelin, who brought the art to Parisin the 15th century from Rheims. [See Bin-/j,Chefs-d auvrc of Iiidtistrial Art.^ Godenda, O. E. A pole-axe, having a spikeat its end ; 13th century. Goderonne, Gouderonne (Needlework). Afluted pattern of embroidery in vogue in the16th Fig. 361. Glory. Vesica Piscisin Ely Cathedral. Gold. It is probable that the earliest recordedmark upon units of value was the image of asheep or an ox ; hence money in Latin is calledpecuiiia, from fccus, cattle, the original form ofbarbaric wealth, for which gold was the substi-tute. The wealth of Abraham in silver andgold, as well as in cattle, is mentioned inGenesis. No coins of gold or silver have beenfound in Egypt or Nineveh, although beau-tiful specimens of the goldsmiths art have been
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