. 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 . leeves. (Fig. 13.)Alberk. for Hauberk. A , Or. and R. {al/tts, white). A spaceon the surface of a wall covered with whileplaster, upon which were written advertisementsor public announcements. By analogy the termwas used to denote any kind of white tabletsbearing an inscription, such as ed
. 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 . leeves. (Fig. 13.)Alberk. for Hauberk. A , Or. and R. {al/tts, white). A spaceon the surface of a wall covered with whileplaster, upon which were written advertisementsor public announcements. By analogy the termwas used to denote any kind of white tabletsbearing an inscription, such as edicts, decrees,&c. These tablets were very numerous ; therewere the album foniijicis, fraioiis, cetiiuria;decuriouutit, Judtcum, saiatorum, , Aral). In armour, a pottery \.^ Alcove. A niche or recess in a room. Aldobrandini, Marriage, R. A celebratedfresco from the gardens of Mcccenas, discoveredat Rome neai the church of Santa Maria Mag-giore, whence it was conveyed to the villaAldobrandini, and afterwards sold to the Bor-ghese family. This paintingwhich indisputablydates from the reign of Augustus, consists of agroup of ten figures, representing, according tosome, the marriage of Peleus and Thetis ; andcording to others, that of Manlius and
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