. 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 . ar, andthe Lesser George orjeweL (Fig. 349.) Itwas this jewel thatCharles I.,immediatelybefore he suffered, de-livered to ArchbishopJuxon, with the wordribbon of the order is Fig. 349. Order of theGarter. Lesser George, Remember ! dark blue ; it passes over the left shoulder, andthe Lesser George hang
. 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 . ar, andthe Lesser George orjeweL (Fig. 349.) Itwas this jewel thatCharles I.,immediatelybefore he suffered, de-livered to ArchbishopJuxon, with the wordribbon of the order is Fig. 349. Order of theGarter. Lesser George, Remember ! dark blue ; it passes over the left shoulder, andthe Lesser George hangs from it under the rightarm. Garter King of Arms, Her. The chief of theofficial heralds of England, and officer of armsof the Order of the Garter. Gastrum, R. An earthenware vessel with around belly ; whence its name. Gaulus, R. A vessel used for drinking andother jnirposes. The same term was also appliedto a broad-built ship employed by the Phamiciansand by ]>irates. Gauntlet. The knights gauntlet was made ofleather covered with plates of steel It wasnot originally divided into fingers. (Fig. 350.) Gausapa, Gausape, Gausapum, R.(7au(T07r7)s).(i) A garment introduced from Egypt into ART AND ARCHEOLOGY. 153 Rome, in the time of Augustus; it was madeof a woollen cloth with a long nap on. Fig. 350. Gauntlet. one side, and was worn on leaving the Imtli ;it was white or dyed purple. Gausapa wasused not only for articles of dress, Ijut fortable linen, napkins, dusters, and mattings.(2) A wig made of human hair, worn at Romeduring the Empire. Gauze. A light, transparent silk texture,supposed to have been invented at Gaza inPalestine ; whence the name. Gavotte (It. gavotta). A lively dance-tunein two-fourth time, consisting of two sections,each containing eight measures. Gehenna (Ileb. Ge-hin-noni, i. e. the valleyof Hinnom). In this place, on the north ofJerusalem below Mount Zion, is a place calledTophet, where children were sacrificed toMoloch. King Josiah made it the commonrece
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