. 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 . A small Venetian coin, worthabout 9,7. (//.) Mochado, Mokkado, O. E. (i) A silk stuff,commonly called mock velvet, much used inthe 16th and 17th centuries. (Fairholt.) (2) Awoollen stuff of the same kind. (Hallnaell.)It was probably a mixture of silk and wool.{Plaiichc.) Modena Pottery. The antique pot
. 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 . A small Venetian coin, worthabout 9,7. (//.) Mochado, Mokkado, O. E. (i) A silk stuff,commonly called mock velvet, much used inthe 16th and 17th centuries. (Fairholt.) (2) Awoollen stuff of the same kind. (Hallnaell.)It was probably a mixture of silk and wool.{Plaiichc.) Modena Pottery. The antique pottery ofModena is referred to by Pliny and Livy, butthere is no exact record or marked example ofwares produced there during the manufacture flourishes now at Sassiiolo, atown ten miles south of Modena. Modesty Bit or Piece, O. E. A narrow lacewhich runs along the upper part of the stays,before, being a part of the tucker, is called themodesty piece. {Guardian.) Modesty bits—out of fashion is an announcement in theLondon Chronicle, vol. xi. 1762. Modillions, Arch. Small brackets underthe coronce of cornices ; when square theyare called Mutules. In the Corinthian order they have carved leaves spread under them. is taken from the temple of Mars theAvenger, at Modius, R. [modus, a measure or standard).The largest Roman measure of capacity. Module, Arch. A measure adopted byarchite:cts to determine by the column the propor-tions of the different parts of a work of archi-tecture. It is usually the diameter or the semi-diameter of the shaft of the column. Moenia, R. A term synonymous withMuRUS () ; but more comprehensive, in thatit implies not merely the idea of walls, but alsoof the buildings attached to them. Mcenia lata videt, triplici circumdata n?!tro. (l^ir^il.) Mogul Architecture is that of the buildingserected in the reigns of the Mogul emperors,kings of Delhi, from 1531 to the presentcentury. Moilon (Fr. niocUon), Arch. Rubble-masonry
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