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AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF WORDS USED IN ART AND ARCHÆOLOGY.

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PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE, LONDON.

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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, &C., WITH THEIR DERIVATIONS.

By J. W. MOLLETT, B.A.

Officier de l’Instruction Publique (France); AUTHOR OF THE LIVES OF “REMBRANDT” AND “WILKIE” IN THE “GREAT ARTISTS” SERIES.

London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, AND RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1883.

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