. 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 . Iiu. ■:■•. Fig. 227. Cuspib-Flint lance. Figs. 228, 229, 230. Ciispides-Roman lances. WORDS USED IN point of a lance, or javelin, since these were notbarbed. Fig. 226 represents a javelin-head whichgives a complete idea of the character of thepoint called cuspis ; Fig. 227 shows a flint lance
. 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 . Iiu. ■:■•. Fig. 227. Cuspib-Flint lance. Figs. 228, 229, 230. Ciispides-Roman lances. WORDS USED IN point of a lance, or javelin, since these were notbarbed. Fig. 226 represents a javelin-head whichgives a complete idea of the character of thepoint called cuspis ; Fig. 227 shows a flint lance ;and Figs. 228 to 230 the lance-headed cuspidesaffixed to the top of the Roman ensigns. (SeeSpiculum.) Cusps. The foliations of architectural tracery,such as are formed by the points of a trefoil. Custodia. The shrine or receptacle for the hostin Spanish churches. Cutlass, Coutel-hache, or Coutel-axe, O. weapon \\as introduced at the end of the15th century. Cut-work. Also called opus consutum ;Ital. di commesso. Open-work embroiderycame into universal use in England in the i6thcentury. In the reign of Richard II., however,we are told,-— Cut werke was greate both in court and townes,Bothe in menes hoddies, and also in their govvnes. (See Appliqu£.) Cyanogen. A gaseous compound of carbon and ni-trog
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