. 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 . ; it was passed about theranks before joining battle. TessercE frumen-taricE or numtnaricz, vouchers for bread ormoney distributed by the magistrates among thepoor. (Cf. Tessela, Talus, Tabul.^.) Testa, R. A sherd of tiles or pottery, andthence an earthenware vase. Testaceum, R. {testa). Made of tiles
. 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 . ; it was passed about theranks before joining battle. TessercE frumen-taricE or numtnaricz, vouchers for bread ormoney distributed by the magistrates among thepoor. (Cf. Tessela, Talus, Tabul.^.) Testa, R. A sherd of tiles or pottery, andthence an earthenware vase. Testaceum, R. {testa). Made of tiles ; theterm was used to denote a roofing or pavementmade with the fragments of broken tiles. Tester, (i) Any flat f<?;w/j. The frameworkover a four-post bedstead. (2) A silver coin socalled from the head {teste) of the king upon the reign of Henry VIII. it was worth \ afterwards dd. French testers were struckby Louis XII. in 1513, and Scotch under QueenMary in 1559. Testiere, Med. Fr. Originally, mailed armourfor a horses head, subsequently a plate betweenthe ears on which a crest was fixed. (SeeChanfron.) Testif, Fr. Camels , R. Made in the form of aTestudo (); the term was applied either toa roof or a ceiling. Testudineus, R. Made with Fig. 649. Testudo. Testudo, R. {testa, ashell). (i) A tortoise, andthence a lyre of which the sounding bottom was made out of a tortoise-shell. (2) In Archi-tecture, an arched ceiling, the four sides ofwhich converge to a centre. (3) Tcstitdo aric-taria was a movable wooden shed coveredwith skins and containing a battering-ram (). (4) Lastly the term di-notcd a kind ofdefensive roof formed by the shields of soldierswhen advancing to the foot of a rampart (). Tetra-chordon, Gr. and R. (rfTpd-xopSov).Literally, having four strings ; hydraitlos tctra-chordon was a hydraulic organ with four pipes. Tetra-comus, Gr. A bancpieting-song sungat the lestival of Bacchus during the fourthcou
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