. 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. i6. of lakes, and carmine, from cochineal. Rochealum, or roach alum, Roman alum, and Turkeyalum, are varieties of the common alum, describedby mediaeval writers as alumens. Alumen (Lat.), Greek, {slypteria). Mediaevalwriters confused this word with the alums. Fig. 17. Circular Roman alt
. 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. i6. of lakes, and carmine, from cochineal. Rochealum, or roach alum, Roman alum, and Turkeyalum, are varieties of the common alum, describedby mediaeval writers as alumens. Alumen (Lat.), Greek, {slypteria). Mediaevalwriters confused this word with the alums. Fig. 17. Circular Roman altar. The name was applied byT classics to severalsalts of the nature of vitriols, and among themto the natural sulphate of iron [copperas ox greenvitriol of commerce). Alur, Aloringr, or Alurde, &c., O. E. Parapetwall. _ Alveole; see jSimiius. Alveus, R. {alvus, tlie belly), (i) A bathconstructed in the floor of a room, the upperpart of it projected above the floor, the lowerpart being sunk into the floor itself. (2) Aplaying-board, which was divided in the samemanner as the abacus (q. v.). (3) A canoehollowed out of the trunk of a tree, the Greeklxov6lvXov. (4) lire hull of a ship. (5) Awooden trough or tray. Ama or Amula, Chr. A long phial forholding the wine presented at the altar
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