. 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 . es, a tablewith three feet, in contradistinction to mono-podium, a table with a single leg ; mensa vinaria,a drinking-table (see Delphica) ; mensa sacra,an altar-table; mensa vasaria, a table forholding vessels ; mensa publica, a public bank ;hence mensarii, bankers. Mensao, Celt. A Celtic monument mo
. 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 . es, a tablewith three feet, in contradistinction to mono-podium, a table with a single leg ; mensa vinaria,a drinking-table (see Delphica) ; mensa sacra,an altar-table; mensa vasaria, a table forholding vessels ; mensa publica, a public bank ;hence mensarii, bankers. Mensao, Celt. A Celtic monument moreusually called Menhir (). Mensole, Arch. A term denoting the key-stone of an arch. Menzil, Orient. Houses in the East for thereception of travellers, in places where there areneither caravanserais nor khans. Mereack, Hind. A sort of thick blackvarnish employed by the Khmers to coat overstatues made of any soft stone, which are ex-posed to the changes of the weather. Thisvarnish was, in many instances, itself coveredwith gold-leaf. Merkins, O. E. A name given to ringlets offalse hair, much worn by ladies temp. Charles I. r WORDS USED IN Merlons, Arch. The Cors or raised parts ofa battlement. Figures of warriors or animalsare sometimes carved on the tops. (See Battle-ment. ) ^^ r\ T/.. 455. Mermaid and Pillars of of the Colonna family. Mermaid. An ancient device ot the Colonnafamily was the mermaid between the pillars ofHercules, ^\•ith the motto Contoniiit tutaprocellas. Mesaulae ((r-av\a). (i) The narrow pas-sage or corridor which, in a Greek house,connected the andron with the gynceceum. (2)Tlie door in this passage. Mese (the middle, sc. xop^Tj). The centralnote of the seven-stringed lyre. The Greeks hadno names to distinguish musical notes. Theywere expressed by the names of the strings ofthe lyre. Thus, Nete, d; Paranete, c ;Paramese, b flat ; and Mese, a, in the trebleor upper tetrachord ; and Lichanos, g;Parhyiate, /; and HyiATE, c, in the baseor
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