Transcriber’s Note

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF WORDS USED IN ART AND ARCHÆOLOGY. PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVING TON, LIMITED, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE, LONDON. IMG:6949005855195395773_i_front is.jpg: APSE OF THE BASILICA OF ST. PAUL-WITHOUT-THE-WALLS, ROME. [ See Basilica , p. 37 . **AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF WORDS USED IN ART AND ARCHÆOLOGY. Explaining Terms frequently used in Works on Architecture, Arms, Bronzes, Christian Art, Colour, Costume, Decoration, Devices, Emblems, Heraldry, Lace, Personal Ornaments, Pottery, Painting, Sculpture, ., with their Derivations.** By J. W. MOLLETT, B.A. Off icier de l’Instruction Publique (France) ; AUTHOR OF THE LIVES OF “REMBRANDT” AND “WILKIE” IN THE “GREAT ARTISTS” SERIES. IMG:6949005855195395773_i_title.jpg: London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, AND RIVING TON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1883. IMG:6949005855195395773_i_vii.jpg: to include, that the only rais on d’être of this work is the very much wider and different ground that it covers, and the greater condensation of its definitions. Obviously the substance of every statement in the work is borrowed from some previous writer on the subject, and it is evident that a Dictionary of Reference is not a convenient vehicle for theory or invention. The appended list of Cla ified Catalogues which have been prepared by direction of the authorities of the South Kensington Museum, will have the additional use of referring the reader to the fountain-head at which he can verify and amplify the condensed information that this work supplies. J. W. MOLLETT. October, 1882. CLASSIFIED CATALOGUES OF BOOKS ON ART IN THE NATIONAL ART LIBRARY, SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. ISSUED BY AUTHORITY. List of Works on Costume , 1 s. ; Furniture , 1 d. ; Heraldry , 3 d. ; Lace and Needlework , 1 d. ; Ornament , 6 d. ; Painting , 4 d. ; Pottery and Porcelain , 3 d. ; Sculpture , 3 d. These Catalogues may be had on application to the Secretary of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, S.W. iLLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF WORDS USED IN ART AND ARCHÆOLOGY. Abbreviations —Arch. Architectural ; Chr. Christian ; Egyp. Egyptian ; Fr. French ; Gr. Greek ; Her. Heraldic ; It. Italian ; Lat. Latin ; Med. Mediæval ; O. E. Old English ; Orient. Oriental ; R. Roman .