. 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 . Fie. 675. Present Union Fig. 676. Plate of Urbino Ware, Louvre Museum. Urceolated (Basket), Arch, The corbel ofthe capital which narrows a little underneath itsupper part. Urceolus. Diminutive of Urceus (). Urceus, R. An earthenware pitcher used inreligious ceremonies ; represented on coins
. 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 . Fie. 675. Present Union Fig. 676. Plate of Urbino Ware, Louvre Museum. Urceolated (Basket), Arch, The corbel ofthe capital which narrows a little underneath itsupper part. Urceolus. Diminutive of Urceus (). Urceus, R. An earthenware pitcher used inreligious ceremonies ; represented on coins in theform of a modern ewer, Uriant, Her. Said of a fish when it swims in avertical position ; head downwards. (Cf. Hau- RIANT.) Urn. The common urn,the Ka\wis oftlie Cireeks,had a nar-row neck andswelling bo-dy ; it wasused for con-veying waterfrom the foun-tain. The fu-nereal cine-rary um wasin generalquad r angu-lar, but therewere a large number which resembled the kalpis,with the exception that they had a wider neckand were furnished in every case with a lid.
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