. 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 . Echinate. Armed with spines or bristleslike a hedgehog. Fig, 276. Greek or Etruscan ear-rings in gold. Ear-rings (Lat. inatircs, Gr. ifdna) werea common ornament for ladies in Greece andRome, and among the early Saxons : they wereworn by men during the reigns of Elizabeth andJames I. Earth Tables, Arch
. 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 . Echinate. Armed with spines or bristleslike a hedgehog. Fig, 276. Greek or Etruscan ear-rings in gold. Ear-rings (Lat. inatircs, Gr. ifdna) werea common ornament for ladies in Greece andRome, and among the early Saxons : they wereworn by men during the reigns of Elizabeth andJames I. Earth Tables, Arch. The projecting course ofstones in a wall, immediately above the surfaceof the ground, now called the plinth. {^Parker.) Earthenware. (See Pottery.) Easel (from the German esel, an ass). Aframe with movable rest for resting pictures on. Easel-picture. A small portable picture. Easter, Chr. ( easire). From the goddessEostur, whose festival fell in April. TheLatin name Paschal refers to the Jewishfeast of the Passover. The Paschal seasonoriginally extended over fifteen days, from PalmSunday to Low Sunday. (See S/nith andCkecthanis Diet, of Christian Ant.) Eaves (A. S. efcse, the edge). The over-hanging edge of the roof of a house. Ebenistes, Fr. Workers in fine cabinet-making. Ebony.
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