. 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 . l brasses of the 13th century. Aisle {ala, a wing). The wing of a building;the side passages of a Roman house. Inbuildings of vast size, such as a basilica or temple,comprising a central and two lateral naves, thelatter are called aisles. Alabarda, Med. A or Alabastrum, (dAa/Bao-Tpov
. 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 . l brasses of the 13th century. Aisle {ala, a wing). The wing of a building;the side passages of a Roman house. Inbuildings of vast size, such as a basilica or temple,comprising a central and two lateral naves, thelatter are called aisles. Alabarda, Med. A or Alabastrum, (dAa/Bao-Tpov). Asmall vase for holding precious perfumes ; so-called from the alabaster of which it was gene-rally made. It was of various shapes, but chieflyassumed an elongated form resembling a longpear, a pearl-drop, &c. [Many of these perfumevessels are made of stalactite.] (2) A calcareoussubstance of white colour, translucent or semi-transparent, and presenting, according to thevariety, undulating and continuous veins. Thevarious kinds of ancient alabaster are verynumerous; the following may be named;flowered alabaster {alabastro Jiorito) ; golden{(ioraio) ; quince coloured {cotogtiifw) ; eyed (oc-c/iii) ; tortoiseshell (tariaruga) ; foam-white{pecorella) ; Busca de Palombara {palombara) ;. Aiglets. ART AND ARCHEOLOGY. onyx {onice), &:c. The Egyptians used alabasterfor making statues, phials, panegyric vases,canopea, small figures, and even sarcophagi ;of which last that of Seti I., now in the BritishMusemn, is an example. Alabaster was at onetime frequently used for tombs and carved figiues,and is now used for pulpits and other ecclesi-astical purposes. False alabaster is the namegiven to a gypseous variety of this substance,of which there are rich quarries at Volterra, inTuscany. It is called Gesso Volterrano, andis much used in Italy for the groujtds of pictures. Alabastrotheca, R. [d-hicT], a chest). A boxor casket containing alabaster flasks or vases. Aland, Alant, Her. A masti
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