. 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 . ^itifi«:#i#i#iti«i«i«itioi#i«i#^^ Fig. 581. Venetian Reticella Lace. with button-hole stitch (or J>oiHi none). Theengraving shows a fine specimen of reticella from Venice, 1493. (See also Milan Reti-cella.) Eeticulated. Latticed like the meshes of anet {rctc). Reticulated Glass. (See Glass.) Reticu


. 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 . ^itifi«:#i#i#iti«i«i«itioi#i«i#^^ Fig. 581. Venetian Reticella Lace. with button-hole stitch (or J>oiHi none). Theengraving shows a fine specimen of reticella from Venice, 1493. (See also Milan Reti-cella.) Eeticulated. Latticed like the meshes of anet {rctc). Reticulated Glass. (See Glass.) Reticulated Porcelain is an Oriental product,of which the outer side is entirely cut out in geo-metric patterns, honeycoml), circles intercrossedand superposed to a second vase of similar, or ofsimply cylindrical form. Fig. 582 is a specimenof this style. Reticulated Work, Arch. (Lat. reticulatastnufiini, literally, made like a net). Masonryconstructed with diamond-shaped stones, orQuarrels, shown in Figs. 493 and 583. The. Fig. 5E2. Reticulated Vase. Japanese. Fig. 5S3. Reticulatuin (ipiis. latter shows one of the mouths of the cloacaopening on the Tiber. Kclicidata fenestra was awindow grated over with bars of wood or metalcrossing in the form of network. Reticulum, R. Diminutive of rete, a net. Retinaculum, R. {retineo, to hold back). Aro]ic used to moor a vessel to the shore. Retorted, Her. Intertwined. Retro-choir, Chr. Arch. Chapels behind orabiiul the choir. Reverse. The back of a medal. In veryancient coins this had no mark except that ofthe instrument by which it was fixed to receivethe stamp of the obverse. By degrees this grewinto a figure of a dolphin or some otheranimal. Some ancient Greek reverses areintaglios of the stamj3 in relief of the reverses appear on Greek coinsabout 500 , and are of exquisite execution.(Cf. OnVEKSE. ) Revinctum (opus), R. {re7iitcio, to bind fast).I)()\c-taikd masonry. (See Fig. 269.) Rhabdion (lit. a small rod). An in


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