. 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 . and CURRUS.) Carabaga, Aled. Lat. Also Calakra. Akind of catapult or balista. Carabine. (See Carbine.) Carabus [Kapa^os). A small boat made ofwicker-work ; a kind of shallop covered withraw hides. It was either propelled by itself orattached to the stern of a larger vessel. Similarto the coracle. Cara
. 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 . and CURRUS.) Carabaga, Aled. Lat. Also Calakra. Akind of catapult or balista. Carabine. (See Carbine.) Carabus [Kapa^os). A small boat made ofwicker-work ; a kind of shallop covered withraw hides. It was either propelled by itself orattached to the stern of a larger vessel. Similarto the coracle. Caracalla (a Celtic word). A military gar-ment introduced from Gaul into Rome by theEmperor Antonine, who obtained thus his sur-name of Caracalla. Caracole, Arch. A spiral staircase. Carbassus or Carbassum (KapTratros, fine Spa-nish flax). This term was used indifferentlyto denote all textures made of the fine Spanishflax. Thus any kind of linen garment, the sailsof a ship, the awning of a theatre or amphi-theatre, all came under the term oi carbassus. Carbatinae (KapPdnvat). A rough kind ofboot in common use, made of a single piece ofleather, and worn by peasants. 58 WORDS USED IN Carbine, or Carabine, or Caraben. A shortgun with a wheel lock and a wide bore, intro-duced in the l6th Fig. 136. Capuchon and an I talian paintijig of the i-^th century. Carbonate of Lead, or white lend, is the prin-cipal vliitc pigment. It is prepared by exposingsheets of lead to the action of acetic and carbonicacids. It is called also Cenise, Flake 7uhite,Krenis (or Vienna) zohite, Nottingluun white. Itis also known, under different modifications ofcolour, as Venice, or as Hamburg, or as Dutchwhite. It is a pigment very liable to injury fromexposure to certain gases. (See Oxide ofZinc.) Carbonates of Copper yield blue and greenpigments, known from the earliest times, andunder many names, as Mountain blue and gieen,blue and green Ash, or Saunders (for cendres)blue and green. Thes
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