$H Ra. Egypt

Ra. A royal scribe, and superintendent of the granaries of the North and South. Period uncertain. (1876c1)

A scribe o= f the offerings of an unknown deity. The period when he lived is uncertain, but= his monument is in the Leyd= en Museum. (1876c1)<= /span>

Ra. The sun‑god with hawk head is a common ob= ject of Egyptian pottery and architectural ornament, subsequent to the Asiatic invasions. It typifies the union of the yellow Asiatic and the native Egyptian races.(1883m1)

Ra. The creator= of gods, men, and the world. According to some inscriptions he was more anci= ent even than the firmament. The sun, emblem of life, light, and fertility, is his symbol. The chief seat of the worship of Ra was = Annu, the Hebrew On or Bethshemesh, the Greek Heliopolis. He is usually depicted as a hawk-headed= human being crowned with the sun's disk and uraeus,= and grasping the user sceptre in = his hand. ILLUS. Ra.(1902b1)

Ra. "To Make, to Dispose." In Egyptian mythology the deit= y of the mid-day sun, of which the other deities were more or less manifestati= ons. Ra was adored all over Egypt, but chiefly at Heliopolis as the most striking manifestation of the Supreme Being, and the organiser of the world, of which the material fabri= c had been made by Pthah. He was represented as a m= an with the head of a sparrow hawk, and holding the usual cucufa staff and cross of= life. Although a benevolent deity, in anger at the sins of men, he once, assist= ed by Tefnut, destroyed the entire human race, w= hich he afterwards revived afresh out of the blood of the slain, at the intercession of Nu and the other deities. The= name Ra is also written with the article, Phre. See also Ho= rus. (1876c1)

$H Raa. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, one of the family of the priest Amen-em-ap, of the XVIIIth dynasty. See An. (1876c1)

An Egyptian lady, of the family of the treasurer Iuiu, of the X= VIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-aah-min-aa. Egypt

An early unarranged Egyptian king. Leyden Collection. (1= 876c1)

$H Ra-aa-kheper. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Amenhotep II. of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-aa-kheper-ka-sen-bu. Egypt

The first prophet or priest of the temple of Thothmes I., adored as a deity. See Thothmes I. (1876c1)

$H Raamah.

A country in Southern Arabia, now called <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Oman. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen. Egypt

A spondist of = the god Pthah, whose statue is in the Leyden Museum. His wife was named Ocaei. Period uncertain. (1876c1)=

$H Ra-amen-em-ha. Egypt

The prenomen o= f King Amenemha I. (?) of the X= IIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-mei-nito. Egypt

An early unarranged Egyptian king. (Leemans.) (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-mern-ba. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Menepthah I. of the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-meses-at-nuter-hiq-an. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Rameses VII., the son of Rames= es III. of the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-meses-nuter-hiq-an. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Rameses VI. of the XXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-sotep-en-mer. Egypt

The prenomen of Philip Arridaeus, as king of Egypt under the Grecian rul= e. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-sotep-en-mer. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Ptolemy Soter I. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-su-meses. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Rameses X. of the XXth = dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-amen-tut-ankh-hiq-an-res. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Tut-ankh-amen, a king of the X= VIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-apepi. Egypt

Another form of the royal name Pepi or Apepi, which se= e. (1876c1)

$H Ra-baka. Egypt

The surname of Nut-mi-amen, a king of Nubia, in the XXVth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Rabato.

Sp. A neck‑band or ruff. = (See REBATO.)(1883m1)

$H Rabaya.

An Elamite cit= y, which was destroyed by Sennacherib. (1876c1)

$H Rabbet.

Rabbet. (from rebated). In Joinery a groove in= the edge of a board.(1883m1)

$H Rabbituri.

Rabbituri. "The Chieftainess." The feminin= e of Rabbu, "Great." (1876c1)

$H Rabbu.

Rabbu. "The Mighty." The astronomical name= of the deity Marduk as the planet Mercury, in the month Marchesvan. (1876c1)=

$H Rabekuki.

The Accadian name of the city Rapiqu, which see. (18= 76c1)

$H Rabilu. [See Rapiqi - Editor]

$H Rab-iz.

The Assyrian name of the class of evil spi= rits, or demons, which were called by the Accadians= Maskim.(1876c1)

$H Rab-saki.

Rab-saki. "Chief Saki." The superior offic= er in the Assyrian army, next to the Tartan or commander-in-chief, and having control over the Saki or captains. This is the same name as the Rabshakeh= of Hebrew history. (1876c1)

$H Rab-saris.

The title of the chief of the eunuchs in t= he court of the kings of Assyria. (1876c1= )

$H Rab-shakeh.

A chief officer in the Assyrian army. See Rabsaki= . (1876c1)

$H Rab-suna.

The general of the troops of the army of <= span class=3DSpellE>Khitasira, the king of the Hittites, who was killed= in the battle of Kadesh, won by Rameses II. (1876c1)

$H Rabtu.

An Assyrian measure of length, equal to one cubit of twenty inches. It was called also Suklu and Ammat. (1876c1)

$H Rabyte.

O.E. (for Arabyte). An Arab horse.(1883m1)<= /p>

$H Racana.

Chr. A blanket of hair‑cloth prescribed for = the couches of monks, &c., in summer.

"Pro anis rachinis propter aestus utantur."(1883m1)

$H Racha. Persia

A city in Persia, where Veisdates the rebel king was defeated for a first time by Arta= bardes, the general of Darius Hystaspes. (1876c1)

$H Rack.

O.E. The last fleeti= ng vestige of the highest clouds.(1883m1)

$H Racon.

O.E. The pot‑h= ook by which vessels are suspended over a fire. (See GALOWS.)(1883m1)=

$H Radegund, St.

St. Radegund was the wife of Clothaire, King of France, and lived towards the end of the 6th century. She became a Christian, and, in consequence, was obliged to retire from the court. She was early canonize= d as a saint, and in artistic representations she appears wearing a crown or w= ith a crown at her feet. Sometimes wolves are at her side and the legend tell= s us that she had power over wild beasts.(1891a1)

$H Radha. Hindu

In Hindu mythology the first wife of the g= od Khrishna. She was afterwards adored as the goddess = of love. (1876c1)

$H Radiant, Rayonée. Encircled with rays. (Fig. 395.)(18= 83m1)

$H Radiated. =

A term applied to de= corative motives, which consist of rays.(1891a1)

$H Radiation.

A method of decorating a circular surface by means of radii diverging from its centre. The term is also applied to a system of ornament, which consists in the arrangement upon a surface of any form whatsoever of radii of a circle.(1891a1)

$H Radient. Heraldry

(Her.) In heraldry a= charge is said to be radient which has rays round it. Our cu= t, for instance, is described as azure, a pale, or, radiant. ILLUS. radient(1891a1)

$H Radius.

A constant distance = between the centre and any point on the circumference of a circle or on the surfa= ce of a sphere is termed a radius.(1891a1)

R. A pointed rod emp= loyed by certain professors of astronomy and mathematics for tracing figures on the sand. Also the spoke of a wheel, a ray of light, and lastly, a stake used= in constructing intrenchments (valla).(1883m1)

$H Radula.

R. A scraper, an iro= n tool used for paring or scratching off.(1883m1)

$H Ra-eai. Egypt

An Egyptian gentleman, whose statue is in = the Leyden= Museum. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Ra-en-het. Egypt

A prenomen of = Aahmes or Amasis II. of= the XXVIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-en-ka. <= /span> Egypt

An early Egyptian king who is named on the Tablet of Abydos. (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Ra-en -ka-neb. &nb= sp; Egypt

An early unarranged Egyptian king. His name occurs on a scarabeus in the Leyden Museum. (1876c1)

$H Ra-en-kau. Egypt

Ra-en-kau. The son of another early Egyptian king. (1876c1)

Ra-en-kau. The grandson of Tetet, an early Egyptian = king. (1876c1)

$H Ra-en-ma. <= /span> Egypt

A Sutenrekh and prophet of Hathor, in the reign of Amenemha III. of the XIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-en-nito-iri-en-tme. Egypt

An early unarranged Egyptian king. (1876c1= )

$H Ra-en-sesur. Egypt

The prenomen o= f the fourth king of the Vth Egyptian dynasty. (187= 6c1)

$H Ra-en-tme. Egypt

A prenomen of = Amenemha III. of the <= span class=3DSpellE>XIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-en-user. Surnamed An.= Egypt

A king of Egypt of the Vth dynasty. He reigned fourty-four years, contin= ued the works at the copper mines of Sinai, and was buried in the middle pyra= mid of Abuseir. He was the R= athoures of the Greeks. (1876c1)

$H Ra-er. Egypt

The father of Uermu, the "Guardian of the Magazines" of an unnamed king, probably Seti= I. of the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Raffaelle‑ware. Pottery

A fine kind of Urbino majolica, the designs for which were probably furnished by pupils of the great master.(1883m1)

(Pot.) A kind of maj= olica, upon which mythological and other scenes were painted. It was made at Urbino in the 16th century under the patronage of t= he Dukes of Urbino. Thera is no reason to believe that Raphael ever designed any specimens of this war= e, though it is quite possible that some of his school furnished the Urbino potters with design. Perhaps the fact that R= aphael was born at Urbino is sufficient to account f= or the name which this pottery received.(1891a1)

$H Rafter. Architecture

(Arch.) A piece of t= imber, supporting the laths or battens, upon which a roof of tiles, slates, or z= inc rests. ILLUS. rafter1(18= 91a1)

--- $H Rafter, Principal. Architecture

(Arch.) A piece of w= ood or iron, which plays an important part in the frame of a roof. The principal rafters give the angle of the roof and support the p= urlins (q.v.) on which the rafters are laid. 2 ILLUS. rafterp1= , rafterp2(1891a1)

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$H Rag.

In Masonry, stone th= at breaks in jagged pieces.(1883m1)

$H Ragged. Painting

(Paint.) A painting = is said to be ragged in style when the objects or figures represented, instead of being evenly joined to the background, terminate in rough edges.(1891a1)

$H Ragged Staff, Her. (See RAGULÉE.) = (1883m1)

$H Ragha.

In Zendic myth= ology the eleventh resting-place of the Iranians after their exile from Aryanem Vaedjo, which s= ee. It was the Rhages of the Greeks, now called Rey, near Teheran. (1876c1)

$H Ragiba.

A deity of the Susian= s, of whom nothing is known. (1876c1)

$H Ragman's or Rageman's Roll.

O.E. (1) In History,= a roll of the nobles of Scotland, who swore fealty to Edward I. at Berwick, in 1= 296; hence (2) a game of chance, in which a number of versified descriptions of character were drawn from a roll by the members of a company; 13th to 15th century. The game survives among children of the present age in the custo= m of drawing Twelfth‑Night characters.(1883m1)

$H Ragstone.

A rough kind of sandstone found in Kent.(1883m1)

(Arch.) Stones of sm= all size, sometimes squared, sometimes just as they came from the quarry, use= d in building.(1891a1)

$H Ragulée or R= aguly. Heraldry

Raguly. (Her.) A charge is said to be raguly, when it is ragged= or rough like the trunk of a tree. Our cut, which represents a cross raguly will render the term quite plain. ILLUS. raguly(1891a= 1)

Ragulée, Raguly, Her. Serrated. A "ragged staff," or "staff ragulée," is = a part of a stem from which the branches have been cut off roughly. The illustra= tion is the well‑known device of the Earls of Warwick, originating with = Arthgal, one of the Knights of the Round Table; bec= ause, says Leland, "this Arthgal took a bere in his arms, for that, in Britisch, soundeth a bere i= n Englisch." (Fig. 573.)

Fig. 572. Ragulée. Fi= g. 573. Bear and Ragged Staff.(1883m1= )

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$H Ra-ha-het. Egypt

The husband of the lady Ta-kel-heb, and father of Saho, the priest of Amen at Thebes. (1876c1)=

$H Rahal.

Arabic. A load for a= camel; about 5 cwt.(1883m1)

$H Rahiqu.

A tribe in Mesopota= mia, which was conquered by Tiglath Pileser II.(1876c1)

$H Rahman.

Rahman. "The Merciful." A Himyaritic deity. He was a form of the god Il, whic= h see. (1876c1)

$H Ra-hotep.

Ra-hotep. "Peace of Ra." An Egyptian prince of the IIIrd dynasty. (1876c1= )

Ra-hotep. A ki= ng of the XIIIth dynasty. He succeeded Sebak-em, and was himself succeeded by a king named= Ai. (1876c1)

$H Ra-i. Egypt

An Egyptian lady of the family of Uermu, the guardian of the magazines of a king of t= he XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Raidan.

Raidan. Or Dhu-raidan. A royal fortress of the kingdom of Sabaea near Zafar. It was a1ways held by the eldest son of the reigning monarch. It was the capital of the Sabaean<= /span> kingdom of South-western Arabia. (1876= c1)

$H Raidisadi.

A general of Ahsera, king of Minni, who vainly resisted the army o= f Assurbanipal as it advanced to the conquest of the country. He was slain in battle by the king of Ass= yria. (1876c1)

$H Rail. Architecture

(Arch.) The upper pa= rt of a balustrade about breast high, upon which the hand may be rested. In domes= tic staircases the rail is generally of wood, but in stone balustrades it is frequently of marble. The term rail is also applied to the horizontal pie= ces of wood separating the panels in doors or wainscoting.(1891a1)=

$H Rains Cloths [See Raynes - Editor]

$H Rais de Coeur. Architecture

(Arch.) A system of ornament i= n the form of a heart. It consists of fleurons and = water‑leaves placed alternately, and decorates the surface of some mouldings which have a convex profile. ILLUS. raisdeco(1891a1)

$H Rajah.

Rajah. "King." A royal title, very anciently in use among the Hindus, some of whose sovere= igns bore the title of Rajaraja, "King of Kings," and Maharajah, "Great King." (1876c1)

$H Rajeta.

Sp. A coarse cloth o= f mixed colours.(1883m1)

$H Ra-ka-ankh. Egypt

Ra-ka-ankh. "The Living Bull of Ra." The prenomen o= f King Nastosenen of the XXVth<= /span> dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-ka-mat. Egypt

A royal lady, a wife of Osorkon I. of the XXIInd dynasty. (1876c1)

The daughter of Petua= nkhi II., the last king of the XXIInd dynasty. (18= 76c1)

The daughter of Pisem I., a king of the XXIst dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-kati. Egypt

The Egyptian name of the town in the Delta, which was called Rhacotis by the Greeks, and = now Alexandria. (187= 6c1)

$H Ra-ka-tme. Egypt

Another form of the royal name of a queen named Amense of the XVII= Ith dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-kha-ka. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Osirtesen III. of the XIIth dynasty, which see. (1876c1)

$H Ra-kha-ka-u-senb. Egypt

An officer of state, the son of Thoth-hotep in the reign of <= span class=3DSpellE>Osirtesen III. of the XIIth dynasty. His name is curious as being in part exactly the same as the sacerdotal surname of Osirtesen himself. (187= 6c1)

$H Ra-khem-smen-toti. Egypt

An early Egyptian king who lived before the period of the Vth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-khepera. Egypt

Ra-khepera. "Ra the Creator." A son of Tho= thmes IV. of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-kheper-ka. Egypt

A priest of Osiris in the XIIth dynasty. He was the son of Harbenen and the lady Ma-net-ankh. (1876c1)

$H Ra-kheperu-ari-mat. Egypt

Ra-kheperu-ari-mat. "Sun of both Worlds making Justice." The prenomen of Horus "The Restorer" of the XVII= Ith dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-kheperu-neb. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Tut-ankh-amen, a king of the X= VIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ra-kher-pa-puh-erma. Egypt

The prenomen o= f Antef III. of the XIth = dynasty, which see. (1876c1)

$H Rak-hor. Egypt

An Egyptian royal officer, who was also ke= eper of the place of the lion of Pthah. His funere= al statue is in the Leyden Museum. Period uncertain. (1876c1)

$H Rakshas. Hindu

In Hindu mythology a species of monstrous = evil beings, analogous to the Typhonic monsters of= the Egyptians. (1876c1)

$H Rala.

According to Arabic historians the daughte= r of Mudad, chief of the Jorh= amites. She was one of the wives of the patriarch Ishmael. She was also called Sayyida. (1876c1)

$H Rallum.

R. A piece of iron o= n the end of a stick, used to scrape off earth from the plough‑share.(188= 3m1)

$H Ra. Egypt

$H Raa. Egypt

$H Ra-aah-min-aa. Egypt

$H Ra-aa-kheper. Egypt

$H Ra-aa-kheper-ka-sen-bu. Egypt

$H Raamah.

$H Ra-amen. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-em-ha. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-mei-nito. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-mern-ba. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-meses-at-nuter-hiq-an. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-meses-nuter-hiq-an. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-sotep-en-mer. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-sotep-en-mer. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-su-meses. Egypt

$H Ra-amen-tut-ankh-hiq-an-res. Egypt

$H Ra-apepi. Egypt

$H Ra-baka. Egypt

$H Rabato.

$H Rabaya.

$H Rabbet. Rabbet. (from rebated). In Joinery a groove in= the edge of a board.(1883m1)

$H Rabbituri.

$H Rabbu.

$H Rabekuki.

$H Rabilu. [See Rapiqi - Editor]

$H Rab-iz.

$H Rab-saki.

$H Rab-saris.

$H Rab-shakeh.

$H Rab-suna.

$H Rabtu.

$H Rabyte.

$H Racana.

$H Racha. Persia

$H Rack.

$H Racon.

$H Radegund, St.

$H Radha. Hindu

$H Radiant, Rayonée. Encircled with rays. (Fig. 395.)(18= 83m1)

$H Radiated. =

$H Radiation.

$H Radient. Heraldry

$H Radula.

$H Ra-eai. Egypt

$H Ra-en-het. Egypt

$H Ra-en-ka. <= /span> Egypt

$H Ra-en -ka-neb. &nb= sp; Egypt

$H Ra-en-kau. Egypt

$H Ra-en-ma. <= /span> Egypt

$H Ra-en-nito-iri-en-tme. Egypt

$H Ra-en-sesur. Egypt

$H Ra-en-tme. Egypt

$H Ra-en-user. Surnamed An.= Egypt

$H Ra-er. Egypt

$H Raffaelle‑ware. Pottery

$H Rafter. Architecture

--- $H Rafter, Principal. Architecture

$H Rag.

$H Ragged. Painting

$H Ragged Staff, Her. (See RAGULÉE.) = (1883m1)

$H Ragha.

$H Ragiba.

$H Ragman's or Rageman's Roll.

$H Ragstone.

$H Ragulée or R= aguly. Heraldry

$H Ra-ha-het. Egypt

$H Rahal.

$H Rahiqu.

$H Rahman.

$H Ra-hotep.

$H Ra-i. Egypt

$H Raidan.

$H Raidisadi.

$H Rail. Architecture

$H Rains Cloths [See Raynes - Editor]

$H Rais de Coeur. Architecture

$H Rajah.

$H Rajeta.

$H Ra-ka-ankh. Egypt

$H Ra-ka-mat. Egypt

$H Rabbet.

Rabbet. (from rebated). In Joinery a groove in= the edge of a board.(1883m1)