$H Italian Earth.
|
Burnt Roman ochre; resembles Venetian red in c=
olour;
and mixed with white, yields valuable flesh‑tints. (Fairholt.)(1883m1) |
$H Italian Pink. Painting
|
Italian Pink, or yellow lake. A transparent brigh=
t‑coloured pigment, liable to change. ( |
|
(Paint.) A vegetable=
yellow
pigment, the best of which is obtained from quercitr=
on
bark. It is sometimes called yellow lake. It is bright and transparent, b=
ut
its use is not to be recommended, as its permanency cannot be
guaranteed.(1891a1) |
$H Italian Varnish.
|
A varnish which cons=
ists of
white wax and linseed oil, used in oil‑painting for glazing
(q.v.).(1891a1) |
|
A mixture of white w=
ax and
linseed oil, used as a vehicle in painting. It has good consistency, flows
freely from the pencil, and is useful for glazing.(1883m1) |
$H Italic.
|
A term applied to the
characters invented by Aldus Manutius, the pr=
inter.
Instead of being vertical, they incline slightly to the right. Italic cha=
racters
inclined at the angle at which we generally write are employed in modern
books to attract the attention of the reader, and discharge the function =
of
words written and underlined.(1891a1) |
$H Ithamar.
|
A king of the Sabaean=
s,
who paid tribute to the mythical hero Izdubar.
(1876c1) |
$H Ithuander. Or Eteandros.
|
Ithuander. O=
r
Eteandros. King of Paphos, in the |
$H Ithyphallic god. Egypt
|
See AMSU.(1902b1) |
$H Itni.
|
A Mesopotamian people, conquered by |
$H Itti.
|
A king of Azalla, in
|
|
King of Allabra. He,
together with other Armenian kings, revolted against Sargon II., by whom =
he
was conquered, and, with his wife and children, sent into slavery into |
$H Ituha.
|
A kingdom in Mesopotamia or Chaldea, which was several times invaded by Vul-nirari or Rimmon-nirari III., king of |
$H Ituni.
|
An Elamite off=
icer
who was sent by Tiumman, king of |
$H Iua.
|
A chief of the receipts of an unnamed Egyp=
tian
king, probably of the XIXth dynasty. His wife=
was
named Maa. (1876c1) |
$H Iu-aa. " Great Arrival."
|
An unknown chief of a Japhetic people, who=
se
daughter Taia became queen of |
$H Iu-ima. Egypt
|
Another form of the name Imu,
a people who were delivered up to Thothmes II=
I. by the treachery of an Egyptian officer Tahutia. (1876c1) |
$H Iu-iu. Egypt
|
The first priest of O=
siris
in the reign of Rameses II. He succeeded in t=
hat
office his father Unnefer, which see. (1876c1=
) |
|
An Egyptian official, the keeper of the
treasury of a king of the XVIIIth dynasty. He=
was
the son of the lady Tai. (1876c1) |
$H Iu-na-maa.
|
A town and fortress of the Rotennu,
which was made tributary by Thothmes III. (18=
76c1) |
$H Iu-ru-ta-na.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
|
The Egyptian name of the river |
$H Iu-senb. Egypt
|
An Egyptian gentleman, the son of the lady=
Sekhet-hotep-et. His funereal =
stèle
is important, as it contains the names of thirteen members of his family,=
all
of whom held different offices, civil, ecclesiastical, and military, from
which the non-existence of castes, in the true meaning of the word, in
ancient |
$H Ivalush.
|
The rendering at one time adopted of the
Cuneiform characters of the Assyrian royal name Vul-=
nirari.
(1876c1) |
$H Ivashtri. "The Creator."
|
Another of the Vedic titles or the Supreme
Being as the origin of creation. =
See
also Pragapati and Dhatar. (1876c1) |
$H Ivory.
|
An osseous substance,
forming the teeth and tusks of the elephant, out of which works of art of=
all
sorts are made. When we speak of =
ivories
we generally mean objects carved in ivory. The ancients executed stat=
ues
of ivory of immense size, and had discovered a method of softening the
material. [Chryselephantine.] Byzantine ivories consist entirely of bas&#=
8209;reliefs,
diptychs, reliquaries, crosiers, &c. In the Middle Ages and as late as
the 15th century altar‑pieces were carved in ivory, while there are
many crucifixes of ivory belonging to the 16th and 17th centuries. Ancient
ivories of fine workmanship are very highly prized by collectors. The
grotesque ivory carvings of the Japanese are well known and of great valu=
e.
They generally take the form of netsukés, or attachments for securing medicine
boxes or tobacco pouches under the girdle.(1891a1) |
--- $H Ivory , Egypt .
|
Though
no great number of ivory objects has been found, we know that the elephant
was well-known from the earliest times, since the animal figures as a
hieroglyph in the name of Elephantiné =
as far
back as the Vth Dynasty. The perishable natur=
e of
the material probably accounts for the small number of the finds. It was =
used
for inlaying furniture, and for small objects, such as spoons, ornaments,
combs, dice, and castanets; boomerangs of ivory have also been found.
Occasionally it was dyed red or green, and sometimes it was engraved with=
the
point and filled in with black. Hands and arms of ivory have been found l=
aid
on the breasts of mummies. In 1898 Quibell, i=
n the
course of his excavations at Nekhen, opposite=
to El
Kab, found several figurines and other object=
s in
ivory.(1902b1) |
$H Ivory Black.
|
Ivory Blac=
k. A
pigment obtained from calcined ivory, of great
value to the painter.(1891a1) |
|
Bone‑black. A black pigment obtained by burning bo=
ne
in close vessels, kept from contact with the air.(1891a1) |
|
Ivory Black. A pigme=
nt
prepared by heating ivory shavings in an iron cylinder; when from bone, i=
t is
called bone black (q.v.). The=
real
ivory black is a fine, transparent, deep‑toned pigment, extremely
valuable in oil and water‑colour painti=
ng.
The bone black (commonly sold=
as ivory black) is much browner.(18=
83m1) |
$H Ivory Carving.
|
This art, in considerable perfecti=
on, was
known to prehistoric man at the period of the so‑called stone age.
Egyptian and Assyrian specimens of the art are of a date at least as earl=
y as
that of Moses. From the year 1000 B.C. down to the Christian era, there w=
as a
constant succession of artists in ivory in the western Asiatic countries,=
in Fig. 401. Ivory carving. Sword=
‑hilt
of the 16th century. Fig. 402. Ivory carving. Spoon=
of
the 16th century. Fig. 403. Ivory carving, 15th century.(1883m1)
|
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$H Ivy.
|
Chr. The symbol of eternal life.(1883m1) |
|
=
A foliage of a particular kind employed in garlands and =
other
systems of decoration. It is one of the attributes of Bacchus, and garlan=
ds
of ivy are frequently employed in the decoration of rustic buildings.(189=
1a1) |
$H Iwbwb. Celtic
|
Celt. The ancient mi=
litary
cry, which has given name to many places; as Cwm Iwbwb, in |
$H Izdubar. Or Gizdhubar. "Mass of Fire." &nb= sp;
|
Izdubar. Or<=
/i> Gizdhubar.
"Mass of Fire." According to the newly discovered Izdubar Table=
ts
an early mythical Assyrian hero, who was probably a form of the solar |
$H Izdubar. Chaldaea
|
A very early Chaldean=
king called the "Powerful King." He was succeeded by his son |
$H Izeds. Persian
|
Persian. Beneficent =
genii of
the mythology of Zoroaster. Ormuzd, the supre=
me
god, created twenty‑eight of them to be the attendants of the amchaspands.(1883m1) |
$H Izirtu.
|
The capital city of |