. 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 . Fig. 384. Helmet or Burgonetof the i6th century. Hemichorion (j/^ixf^pioj/). Hemicyclium, Gr. and Rsemicircular alcove, to which persons resortedfor mutual conversation. The term was alsoused to denote a sun-dial. Hemina, (jr. and R. (^/xfra, i. e. half). Ameasure of capacity containing half a scxtari
. 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 . Fig. 384. Helmet or Burgonetof the i6th century. Hemichorion (j/^ixf^pioj/). Hemicyclium, Gr. and Rsemicircular alcove, to which persons resortedfor mutual conversation. The term was alsoused to denote a sun-dial. Hemina, (jr. and R. (^/xfra, i. e. half). Ameasure of capacity containing half a scxtarius(equal to the Greek colj/le = half a pint English). ART AND ARCH/EOLOGY. 169. Fig. 385. Sun-dial (Hemi-sphaerium). Hemidlia, Gr. and R. {Tj/xi-oXia, i. e. one and ahalf). A vessel of peculiar construction em-ployed especially by Greek pirates. Hemisphserium, sun-dial in the formof a hemisphere ;whence its name. (Fig. 3850 Hemlock, the Co-nhctn maculatum ofl)otanists, was the poi-son used by the an-cient Greeks for thedespatch of state pri-soners. Its effectsare accurately de-scribed in Platos de-scription of the deathof Socrates. Heptagon (,seven, and yiiivi], anangle). A seven-sidedfigure. Hepteris, Gr. andR. (Ittt-tJpjjs). aship of war withseven ranks of Important Greek festivals, cele-brated in honour of Hera in all the towns ofGreece. At Argos, every fifth year, an immensebody of young men in armour formed a pro-cession, preceded by a Hecatomb of oxen, tothe great temple of Hera, between Argos andMycence, where the oxen were slaughtered, andtheir flesh distributed to the citizens. Herald (Germ. Herold). An officer of herald
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