. 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 . th sigilla, (See SloiLLUM.) Sigla, It. (contraction of sigilla). A conven-tional sign used instead of a word or phrase ;such as = for equal to, and + for phis;A. for ab iirbe conditd, &c. Sigma, R. A semicircular couch, so calledbecause it assumed the form of the Greek 2,which was originally writt
. 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 . th sigilla, (See SloiLLUM.) Sigla, It. (contraction of sigilla). A conven-tional sign used instead of a word or phrase ;such as = for equal to, and + for phis;A. for ab iirbe conditd, &c. Sigma, R. A semicircular couch, so calledbecause it assumed the form of the Greek 2,which was originally written like our C. Hence,the seat which ran round the walls of the Pis-CIXA in a bath. (See Stibadium.) Signa Militaria. (See Ensigns.) Signature, in printing, is a letter put at the bottom of the first page in every sheet, as adirection to the binder in collating them. Signets. (See Rings.) Signinum (opus), R. A kind of concrete forfloorings, invented at Signia, and formed ofbroken tiles consolidated with mortar, andlevelled with a paviors beetle. Signum, R. A general term for any kind ofsign or mark by which anything can be recog-nized ; such as an image or figure, the intaglioon a ring, the sign of a shop, or a militarystandard or ensign {signa militaria), as repre-sented in Fig. Fig. 613. Wall of Silex. Silex, R. In general a flint or flint-stone,and thence, by extension, any kind of hard stonehewn into polygonal blocks, as shown in Silhouette, Fr. A profile portrait, or repre-sentation of the shape contained in the outlineof an object, with no attempt to fill in the parts. 298 WORDS USED IN Silicernium, Gr. and R. A funeral feast in honour of the dead. Silicious Wares. (See Pottery.) Sill or Cill of a window or door. The LiMEN Inferius ().
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