. 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 . nte,Naples. A manufac-tory of faience, estab-lished by Charles Browns,Light and brown pigments,made of a bituminousig- J 34- earth from Ireland. Called also Mineral or Manganese Bt-own. Capreolus, R. (lit. a wild goat or roebuck).A fork for digging, with two prongs convergingtoge
. 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 . nte,Naples. A manufac-tory of faience, estab-lished by Charles Browns,Light and brown pigments,made of a bituminousig- J 34- earth from Ireland. Called also Mineral or Manganese Bt-own. Capreolus, R. (lit. a wild goat or roebuck).A fork for digging, with two prongs convergingtogether like the horns of a roebuck. The termis also used for a strut or brace. The tie-beamsand king-posts in the frame of a roof are oftenconnected by capreoli. Capriccio, It. Caprice in The zodiacal sign of Septemberemployed by Augustus Caesar in commemorationof his victory at Actium on the day when thesun enters that sign. The same device was usedby Cosmo de Medici, and by the EmperorRodolph II. of German), with the motto,Fulget Cresaris Astrum. (Fig. 135.) Caprimulgus, Lat. A goat-milker, a commondevice on antique gems and bas-reliefs, repre-senting a man or a faun milking a goat. Capronae, R. (from caput and pronus, thatwhich hangs down the forehead). The forelock. of a horse, and by analogy, a lock of cuidinghair falling down over the centre of the forehead,in a man or woman.
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