. 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 . usical instrument. Orphrey. An old English word for goldembroidery, from the Latin auriphiygiutn. (SeeOrfkays.) Orpiment (Lat. auripigmentum ; Ang. kingsyelhnu). A yellow pigment of arsenic withsulphur, or, when the arsenic predominates, anorange colour. The finest native orpimentcomes from Persia, an
. 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 . usical instrument. Orphrey. An old English word for goldembroidery, from the Latin auriphiygiutn. (SeeOrfkays.) Orpiment (Lat. auripigmentum ; Ang. kingsyelhnu). A yellow pigment of arsenic withsulphur, or, when the arsenic predominates, anorange colour. The finest native orpimentcomes from Persia, and is called goldenorpiment- Orpin, O. E., contraction of arsenic. Orrery. A machine for rej^rcsenting in amodel the motions and relative positions of theheavenly bodies. Orrice or Orris. A peculiar pattern in whichgold or silver lace is worked. The edges areornamented with conical figures, placed atequal distances, with sjKjts between them. Orthostata, Gr. (o/jeddTaxa, standingupright). (i) The facings of a wall, consisting of different materials from the internal part of it. (Fig. 512.) (2) An anta or (See Hours of Prayer.)Oscen, plur. Oscines, R. {os, mouth, and cano, to predict). A bird or birds from whose singing it was possible to draw Fig. 512. Orthostata. Facing of a Greek wall. Oschophoria, Gr. (6ffxo-<p6pia, i. e. vine-branch-bearing). Athenian vintage festivals, institutedin honour of Bacchus and Ariadne by Theseus,or according to other authorities, in honour ofDionysus and Athena, in which those whotook part carried vine-boughs loaded with festival was concluded by a race on the sea-shore from the temple of Bacchus to that ofMinerva. The victors prize was a cup calledPentaploa,because it containedy?z^ingredients:wine, lioney, cheese, meal, and oil. Oscillatio, R. A swing. The Roman swingsare represented having legs like a chair. Oscilla, R. (dimin. of os, mouth or face).Small images or masks, generally o
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