. 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 . Fig. S59. Pourpoint. Worn by a Venetian youthof the i6th century. Powder-blue is pulverized pipe-clay, a goodpounce for transferring designs upon linenfor embroidery. Powdered, Her. (See Si;:mi5.) Powers, Chr. Cuiardian angels, usuallyrepresented bearing a staff. (.See Angels. ) Prsecinctio, R. (pncei
. 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 . Fig. S59. Pourpoint. Worn by a Venetian youthof the i6th century. Powder-blue is pulverized pipe-clay, a goodpounce for transferring designs upon linenfor embroidery. Powdered, Her. (See Si;:mi5.) Powers, Chr. Cuiardian angels, usuallyrepresented bearing a staff. (.See Angels. ) Prsecinctio, R. (pnceingo, to gird). A lobbyrunning quite round the circle formed by thecavccE in the interior of a theatre or amphi-theatre ; the same term is also used to denote ART AND ARCHEOLOGY. 265. Fig. 560. Prafuniiura hypocaust. the passages between the tiers of seats comprisedwithin each vut:iuaiiuni. According to theirimportance, theatres and amphitheatres weredivided into two, three, and sometimes fourprascinctiones. Praefericulum, R. A metal basin withouthandles, used for holding saci-ed utensils. Prseficse, R. Women hired as mourners atthe funerals of wealthy persons. Prsefurnium, mouth of afurnace placed be-neatla a liypocmisisor heating-stove ina set of baths. shows the friz-furniuni of a hy-pocausis whichwas drawn uponthe walls of a la-coniciun situatednear the churchof St. Cecilia atRome. (See Hy- POCAUSIS.) Praetexta, R. A Toga with a broad purpleborder. It was introduced by the Etruscans,and was the costume assigned to priests andmagistrates, to boys before they came of age,and to women before their marriage. (SeeToga.) (Fig. 561.) Praetorium, R. The tent of the commander-in-chief of the army ; it was so called becausein the earliest times of Rome the
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