. 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 . ncient monument at Agrigentum, in Sicily. Attires. Attired, Her. The antlers of a stagor hart having antlers. Attributes. Conventional symbols of thecharacter, or the agencv, or the history, ofsubjects of art representation. Auditorium, R. (a place for hearing). Alecture-room, assembly-room, court of j
. 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 . ncient monument at Agrigentum, in Sicily. Attires. Attired, Her. The antlers of a stagor hart having antlers. Attributes. Conventional symbols of thecharacter, or the agencv, or the history, ofsubjects of art representation. Auditorium, R. (a place for hearing). Alecture-room, assembly-room, court of justice, orgenerally any place in which orator^, poets, &c.,were heard. Tiie B.\ contained halls sonamed, in which courts of justice were held. ART AND ARCir^llOLOGV 29 Augmentation, a coat of arms. An honouial)lc atklition Fig. Augurale, R. {augur, a sooth-sayer). In a Ro-man camp tlieaugurale was aplace situated tothe right of thegenerals tent orP R yK T o R I u M(). It was socalled because theaugurs there tooktheir station to ob-serve the flight ofbirds. In Greece,the oracles wereconsulted ; but inRome questions\\ ere addressed toJupiter, who an-swered simply -—— ^ tiot, by his mes- . , sengers the birds. Atticur^e doorway t, ° ■1 hey gave no at Agrigentum. Augustines Oak, at Aust on the Severn ; thescene of the conference between St. Augustineand the British bishops, 602. Aula, Or. and R. {avKi]). (i) An open courtattached to a house. It was usually in front,and on either side of it were the stables andoffices. When it belonged to a farm it wasround this courtyard that the stabling, sheepfolds,and other outhouses were arranged. (2) Aularegia was the central part of the scene in a Greekor Roman theatre. Aulaea orAulaeum, R. [aula, a hall), (i) Hang-ings or tapestry used to decorate the dining-roomor iricliitiiiiJi, or generally, any piece of tapestryused as a curtain, whether to cover a doorway,act as a screen, or hide the stage in
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