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$H The Egyptian name of the city which was called by the
Greeks Coenopolis. (1876c1) The Mer =
of the
ninth, or Canopic nome, of The Pehu=
of the
second, or Latopolite nome, of $H Anta.
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The Egyptian name of an unidentified town.
(1876c1) |
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A warlike Egyptian goddess, who is general=
ly
represented as wearing a white mitre similar =
to
that of Osiris, ornamented with two feathers,=
and
brandishing a kind of battle-axe in her left hand while she holds a spear
with her right. She is very rarely represented on the Egyptian sculptures,
and is not found before the time of |
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(Arch.) Pilasters increasing the thickness of a wall at =
the
angles of a building. In classical architecture a temple is said to be in antis when the facade is decorated by two columns of the same
thickness as the pilasters or ant=
ae, which they help in support=
ing
the beams and roof of the temple. ILLUS. antae (1891a1)
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Antaemnekht. "Anaitis in Her Strength." Th= e name of the favourite hound of Rameses II. who accompanied his master in his battles. (1876c1) |
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The capital city of the Antaeopolite
nome. It is now called Gou. (1876c1) |
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The twelfth nome of |
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A nome in the =
Thebaid to the East of the river |
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R. Ropes employed for
raising into the proper position any object of considerable weight, such =
as a
column, mast, &c. (1883m1) |
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The Egyptian name of one of the goddesses =
of
the Khita, the Hittites of Jewish history. (1=
876c1) |
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In Chaldean
astronomy the name of an unidentified fixed star. (1876c1) |
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Antassura. "Upper Sphere." In Chaldean ast= ronomy the name of an unidentified fixed star. (1876c1) |
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(Arch.) That portion of a chapel which lies to the west =
of
the choir‑screen. (1891a1) |
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Antef. A great Egyptian officer in the XIIth dynasty=
. He
was first lieutenant of the king, and governor of the city of |
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Antef. The son of an Egyptian named Antefaker and hi= s wife Hotept. He probably lived in the XIIth dynasty. (1876c1) |
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Antef. An high Egyptian officer and Sam, the son of Setmena, in the reign of |
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Antef. A son of Merri, the Egyptian superintendent of
canal and public works in the reign of |
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A
name common in the XIth and XIIth
Dynasties, and family name of some kings of the XIth=
Dynasty. Little is known of these kings; but from the humbleness of their
tombs (simple pyramids of brickwork) it has been supposed that they were =
only
local chieftains reigning in the Thebaïd=
. Of |
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An Egyptian king of the XIth dynasty, of whom nothin=
g is
as yet known. This monarch and his successors are thought by some
Egyptologists to have been merely petty kings reigning in the Thebaid,
contemporaneously with the monarchs of the XIIth, XIIIth and XIVth dynast=
ies.
These kings are also often called Entef and Enentef. (1876c1) |
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The brother of king |
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The fifth king of the XIth
Egyptian dynasty. In this dynasty all the kings bore the names of Antef and Mentuhotep
alternately. Little is known respecting him, except that he was the broth=
er
of Antef II. (1876c1) |
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Antef IV. |
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Antef IV. Pr= enomen, Ranebkheper. An Egyptian mon= arch of the XIth dynasty, the successor of Mentuhotep II. His place is uncerta= in, and he is only mentioned in the Abbot papyrus. (1876c1) |
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An Egyptian officer probably of the XIIth dynasty. H= is wife's name was Hotep, by whom he had a son named Osirtesen, and five oth= er children.(1876c1) |
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A royal scribe in the reign of |
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The son of Bennekheb, an Egyptian lady of the XIIth dynasty, who together with all her family was attached to the worship of = the crocodile god Seb. (1876c1) |
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Antefixae. (Arch.) Ornaments whi= ch generally take the shape of a palm leaf ‑ or sometimes that of a ma= sk ‑ and form the coping of a cornice, or serve to hide the semi‑cylindr= ical ridge‑tiles or the overlapping projection of the roof. They are oft= en of exquisite workmanship. ILLUS. antefixa (1891a1)<= o:p>
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Antefixa. Ornaments of terra cotta which were placed=
above
the cornice, at the end of each row of tiles on a roof (Fig. 29). They we=
re
also used in ancient times for decorating the ridge of a roof. We possess=
specimens
of antefixa remarkable for delicacy of design and execution; such were the
antefixa of the
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Antefixa. This term was applied by the Rom=
ans
to various ornaments in TERRA-COTTA, which were used to decorate several
parts of an edifice, to give an ornamental finish, or to conceal unsightly
junctures in the masonry. They appear on the top of entablatures, above t=
he
upper member of the cornice, where they serve the purpose of concealing t=
he
ends of the ridge-tiles, and the juncture of the flat ones. * They also were affixed to the
cornice of an entablature, for the purpose of giving a vent to the rain-w=
ater
from the roof similar to the GURGOYLES of Gothic architecture. Antefixae, in the form of long flat slabs of terra-=
cotta
impressed with designs in relief, were nailed along the whole surface of =
a FRIEZE,
for ornamental effect, resembling the sculptured METOPES of the Greeks in
their application, but antefixae were not emp=
loyed
in decoration by that people. Some good specimens of such antefixae
are in the * =
Our cut
exhibits an antefix of this kind in terra-cotta, discovered at
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A term referring eit=
her to
the outworks protecting the approach to a castle, or to the wall surround=
ing
the castle. (1883m1) |
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The Egyptian name of a people who were
associated with the Tahennu in |
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R. The yard‑ar=
m of a
ship. (1883m1) |
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The Greek name for the city and nome in |
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R. The jamb of a doo=
r. Antetagmentum<=
/span> superius,
the lintel. (1883m1) |
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Antependium. Decorations placed in front of a Christian altar, =
such
as hangings of embroidered cloth, plates of metal or panels of carved woo=
d.
(1891a1) |
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Antependium. Richly
ornamented hangings of precious metal, wood, or textile fabrics, in front=
of
a Christian altar. (1883m1) |
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Antependiu=
m. The
decorations, or hangings, in front of a Christian altar, consisting eithe=
r of
plates of precious metal, embossed with figures of saints and decorated w=
ith
jewels, such as that presented to the cathedral of |
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A synonym of PORCH (=
q.v.);
but little used. (1883m1) |
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Gr. and R. (? =
<=
J,=
D,=
\*=
T[=3Dantereido],
to stand firm). A structure employed to strengthen a weaker one. It consi=
sted
of a kind of buttress placed against an outer wall, chiefly in subterrane=
an
constructions, such as a sewer or aqueduct. Fig. 31 represents the anterides of the Cloaca Maxima a=
t
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A
goddess imported from
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The Egyptian name of an unidentified town.
(1876c1) |
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A principal city on the great state North =
road
from |
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The Egyptian name of an unidentified town.
(1876c1) |
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Anthony, <=
st1:place
w:st=3D"on">St. A hermit who lived in the 4th century and underwent
every kind of temptation. St. Anthony is generally represented as wearing=
the
monk's habit and cowl, and his attributes are the crutch, to mark his age,
and the bell and asperges, the instruments of exorcism. B=
eside
him a hog, the demon of sensuality, is often figured. The temptation of S=
t.
Anthony is variously treated. In early pictures he is only confronted by a
beautiful woman, but in later times he has been represented as surrounded=
by
foul demons of every sort and shape, as in the grotesque prints of Martin=
Schongauer and Callot. =
(1891a1) |
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Anthony, ** The badge of the
knightly order of St. Anthony exhibits this attribute of the saint, and is
represented in the annexed cut from Stothard's engraving of the effigy of=
Sir
Roger De Bois, in
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It is the idealized
representation of a crutch. (See CROSSES.) (1883m1) |
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Anthony, <=
st1:place
w:st=3D"on">St., a recent saint, who died in 1231, has had on=
e of
his miracles frequently depicted. When the Pagans refused to listen to his
exhortations, he collected the fishes on the sea-shore to listen to him, =
who
came in myriads, and shamed the Pagans into conversion. (1855f1) |
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Man‑shaped; sa=
id for
example of the character of the Greek Religion, whose gods and demi‑gods were only ideal men, from which
circumstance the representation of the human form became the first object=
of
their plastic art. (1883m1) |
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Anthropomorphism. The practice, universal in ancient art, of
representing the gods in human guise. (1891a1) |
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Anthropomo=
rphism.
(Gr.) HUMANISATION. A compound
Greek word, signifying the representation of the human form; but it is
employed to signify the representation of divinity under the human form. =
In
the portrayal of the Divinity, Art can convey the idea only by humanisati=
on,
or anthropomorphism; hence the
beautiful statues of their gods produced by the ancients. Among the Greek=
s,
popular opinion never separated the idea of superior powers from the
representation of them under a human form; hence, in their Mythology and =
in
their Arts, each deity had his peculiar and distinguishing attributes, an=
d a characteristic
human shape. Combinations of the human form with those of animals, hybrid
animals, are found in Egyptian remains, as well as in those recently brou=
ght
to light at |