. 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 . nts,made of a bituminous^ 3* earth from Ireland. Called also Mineral or Manganese Brozvn. Capreolus, R. (lit. a wild goat or roebuck).A fork for digging, with two prongs convergingtogether like the horns of a roebuck. The termis also used for a strut or brace. The tie-beamsand king-posts in the frame o
. 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 . nts,made of a bituminous^ 3* earth from Ireland. Called also Mineral or Manganese Brozvn. Capreolus, R. (lit. a wild goat or roebuck).A fork for digging, with two prongs convergingtogether like the horns of a roebuck. The termis also used for a strut or brace. The tie-beamsand king-posts in the frame of a roof are oftenconnected by capreoli. Capriccio, It. Caprice in The zodiacal sign of Septemberemployed by Augustus CcXisar in commemorationof his victory at Actium on the day when thesun enters that sign. The same device was usedby Cosmo de Medici, and by the EmperorRodolph II. of German), with the motto,Fulget Civsaris Astrum. (Pig. 135.) Caprimulgus, Lat. A goat-milker, a commondevice on antique gems and bas-reliefs, repre-senting a man or a faun milking a goat. Capronae, R. (from caput ami proiius, thatwhich hangs down tlie forehead). The forelock of a horse, and by analogy, a lock of curlinghair falling down over the centre of the forclicad,in a man or
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