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Title: 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
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Mollett, John W. (John William)
Subjects: Art Archaeology -- Dictionaries
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ape of a boat, in which incense is placed for the supply of the thurible. Navicella, Chr. A celebrated mosaic, at Rome, of a ship tossed by storms and assailed by demons; emblematic of the Church. Neanderthal. A valley near Dusseldorf, in which bones and skulls were found of men asserted to have been /ncaclu/futc. Neat-house, O. E. A cattle-shed. Nebris, Gr. (from vf^phs, a fawn). A fawn's skin, worn originally by hunters; an attribute of Dionysus, and assumed by his votaries. It is represented in ancient art as worn not only by male and female bacchanals, but also by Pans and Satyrs. It was commonly put on in the same manner as the a^is, or goats-skin, by tying the two fore-legs over the right shoulder, so as to allow the body of the skin to cover the left side of the wearer. Nebular (Lat. nelntla, a mist). Belonging to the nebu!;v, or clusters of stars only visible as a light, gauzy appearance or mist in the skies. Nebule Moulding. A decorated moulding of Norman architecture, so called from the edge
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Fig. 481. Nebule Moulding. forming an undulating or waving line. (See Fig. 481.) Nebulee, Her. A dividing and border line, as re- f-~^-\ presented in Fig. cr> 4S; Nebulous. Fig. 482. Nebulee. Cloudy or hazy. Nebuly, Her. Ornamented with light wavy lines. Neck, Arch. The plain part at the bottom of a Roman Doric or other capital, between the mouldings and the top of the shaft. (.See Hypotrachelium.) Necklaces. An ornament common to all ages and nations. The ancient Egyptians of both sexes wore them of gold or beads, generally with a large drop or figure in the centre, and strung of the various religious emblems; amethysts, pearls, gold or cornelian bottles, imitations offish, shell, and leaves; finally, an infinite variety of devices. (See IVilkinsojis Ancient Egyptians, ii. 343.) An illustration of a common form of Greek necklaces is given under Crotalium. The British women of the earliest ages wore neck-laces of jet, ivory, and amber, beads, shells,&c., besides gold links hooked together.

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