. 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 . the temple on the Ilissus at Athens. Thetemple of Fortuna Virilis at Rome is an inferiorspecimen. (See also Figs. 69, 184.) Irish Cloth, white and red, in the reign ofKing John was much used in England. Iron. Indian red, Venetian red, Afais red,Mars orange. Mars yellow are all coloured byiron (see Mar
. 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 . the temple on the Ilissus at Athens. Thetemple of Fortuna Virilis at Rome is an inferiorspecimen. (See also Figs. 69, 184.) Irish Cloth, white and red, in the reign ofKing John was much used in England. Iron. Indian red, Venetian red, Afais red,Mars orange. Mars yellow are all coloured byiron (see Mars), and are valuable for theirgreat durability. (See Met.\llurgy.) Irradiated, Her. Surrounded by rays oflight. Iseia, Gr. and R. (lo-tm). Festivals inhonour of Isis. Among the Romans they de-generated into mere licentiousness, and wereabolished by the senate. Iselastici Ludi, Gr. and R. Athletic con-tests which gave the victor the right of return-ing to his native city in a chariot {ilcriKauunv) ;whence the name iselastiei. These contestsformed part of the four great games of Greece,viz. the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemeangames. Isodomos or Isodomum, Gr. and R. (iVciSo^o?,i. e. equal course). A structure built in equalcourses, that is, in such a way that the surface WORDS USED IN. Fig. 401. Ivory carving. Swuid-hilt of the i6th century. each stone is of one uniform size, and that thejoints of one layer are adjusted with those ofanother so as to correspond symmetrically.
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