MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_01CB1120.0077FBC0" This document is a Single File Web Page, also known as a Web Archive file. If you are seeing this message, your browser or editor doesn't support Web Archive files. Please download a browser that supports Web Archive, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. ------=_NextPart_01CB1120.0077FBC0 Content-Location: file:///C:/B1345B10/sup.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
|
A people in the mountains of Mesopotamia w=
ho
were subdued by Assur-ris-ilim, king of |
|
Chr. A small portable altar.(1883m1) |
|
Chr. A surplice.(1883m1) |
$H Suphis.=
|
Suphis. Or=
i>
Souphis. According to the Gr=
eek
lists the successor of Soris, king of |
|
Souphis=
span>. According to t=
he
Greek lists a king of the IIIrd Egyptian dyna=
sty.
He reigned sixteen years. (1876c1) |
|
The son of |
|
A synonym for SCABEL=
LUM and
SCAMNUM (q.v.).(1883m1) |
|
R. (supplico, to kneel down).=
The
act of praying when kneeling; opposed to precatio, a prayer uttered
standing. Solemn thanksgivings offered to the gods in their temples.(1883=
m1) |
|
A piece of bent iron, which is driven obliquely into an
opening made for the purpose, and holds a piece of wood on a bench. Wood
carvers fix the block on which they are working with a chisel by means of=
a
support of this kind. ILLUS. support(1891a1)
|
|
Supporters. (Her.) The figures which stand upon each sid=
e of
a shield. Only persons of noble rank are entitled to supporters. <=
span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New R=
oman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-no-proof:no'>ILLUS. supporter(1891a1)
|
|
Supporter, Her. A fi=
gure
that stands by a shield of arms, as if supporting or guarding it. Support=
ers
came into use during the 14th century. (See Fig. 24.)(1883m1)
|
|
A form of the god |
|
Pers. A Persian wine‑bottle. The illustration
represents a beautiful specimen of hard porcelain decorated in patterns, =
of
Chinese character, executed under the glaze with cobalt. A legend on the
medallions contains the words Deh surahé, "Give me the bottle." =
(Fig.
640.) Fig. 640 Surahé or Wi=
ne
bottle. Persian Porcelain.(1883m1)=
|
|
A small |
|
Surbase, Arch. The shaft of a PEDESTAL.(1883m1) |
|
Surbased. (Arch.) An arch or va=
ult is
said to be surbased when its height is less t=
han
half the length of its springing line. ILLUS. surbased=
(1891a1)
|
|
Surcoat. (Cost.) A garment worn in the Middle Ages over armour. The= coat‑of‑arms of knights was frequently emblazoned on their surcoa= t.(1891a1) |
|
Surcoat. Any garment worn over ar=
mour;
more especially the long flowing garment worn by knights until 1325. (See
Fig. 463.)(1883m1)
|
|
A small kingdom East of Assyria, which was
conquered by Dayanassur, the Tartan of Shalmaneser II. (1876c1) |
|
Surface‑rib, A=
rch. The
rib of a groined vaulting.(1883m1) |
|
Surface rib. (Arch.) A sharp rib placed at the angle of a
Gothic vault.(1891a1) |
|
A district near |
|
Surhet-het-u. The mother of King Sebekhotep II. of t= he XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1) |
|
Surhet-het-u. A granddaughter of King Sebekhotep II.= of the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1) |
|
A daughter of |
|
A people in the mountains of Mesopotamia w=
ho
were subdued by Assur-ris-ilim, king of |
|
Hind. A stringed instrument pl=
ayed
with a bow.(1883m1) |
|
The birthplace of Adr=
ahasis,
the Chaldean hero of the Deluge. The town has=
been
identified with the Larsa of the Assyrians.
(1876c1) |
|
(Arch.) An arch or vault is said to be surmounted when i=
ts
height is more than half the length of its springing line. ILLUS. surmount(1891a1)
|
|
=
An=
usurper whom the
people of Patina on the |
|
The capital city of the |
|
The Vedic title of the Supreme deity as |
|
The Greek name of the province called Khapisti by the Chaldeans.
(1876c1) |
|
A divinity of the Sus=
ians
which was not allowed to be seen. Its statue was carried off by Assurbanipal, king of |
|
(Paint.) A scheme of colour, wh= ich is at once free and energetic, or solid tones which enhance the effect of the modelling, are said to be sustained.(1891a1) |
|
Hind. A kind of guit=
ar,
sounded with a plectrum.(1883m1) |
|
Chr. The Protestant alb.
See Stevens, in a note to All's Well that Ends Well, Act <=
span
class=3DSpellE>i., scene 3, for notices of the Puritan aversion to=
this
article of clerical costume.(1883m1) |
|
R. In a general sens=
e this
term denotes anything that is supported, suspended
above arcades, columns, or pillars, and more especially the flooring of a
bath‑room, when it is supported by small low pillars. Fig. 391 shows
the flooring of a bath‑room, and Fig. 641 the pillars supporting th=
e suspensura. (See HYPOCAUST.) Fig. 641. Suspensura, showin=
g the
pillars supporting the floor of a bath‑room.(1883m1)
|
|
The name of the guardian of the first of t=
he
seven halls of Osiris. (1876c1) |
|
Sutekh. A
name given to SET (q.v.).(190=
2b1) |
|
Sutekh. The local deity of the Hykshos. He is genera= lly accepted as having been another form of the name of the Semitic deity Set, which see. (1876c1) |
|
A local name of the Hittite deity Sutekh, adored at that town as a separate divinity.=
See Ishtar<=
/span>.
(1876c1) |
|
A local name of the Hittite deity Sutekh, adored at that town as a separate divinity.=
See Ishtar<=
/span>.
(1876c1) |
|
A local name of the Hittite deity Sutekh, adored at that town as a separate divinity.=
See Ishtar<=
/span>.
(1876c1) |
|
A local name of the Hittite deity Sutekh, adored at that town as a separate divinity.=
See Ishtar<=
/span>.
(1876c1) |
|
A local name of the Hittite deity Sutekh, adored at that town as a separate divinity.=
See Ishtar<=
/span>.
(1876c1) |
|
A local name of the Hittite deity Sutekh, adored at that town as a separate divinity.=
See Ishtar<=
/span>.
(1876c1) |
|
Sutenha. "Royal House." An unidentified Eg= yptian city. (1876c1) |
|
A great chief in the court of Osirtasen I. of the XIIth
dynasty. (1876c1) |
|
The father of Nechtan=
ebos
of the XXXth dynasty. (1876c1) |
|
Suten-khen. A name of the district of Bubastis which occurs in the Egyptian Ritual of the Dead. (1876c1) |
|
Suten-khen. An early Egyptian name of the town calle= d by the Greeks Herakleopolis, which see.(1876c1) |
|
One of the mystical countries in the Egyptian Ritual= . It was the place of the god Shu.(1876c1) |
|
An early unarranged Egyptian king, whose name occurs=
on a
scarabeus in the |
|
An Egyptian title variously rendered "Grandson = of the King," "Father of the King," and "Personal Friend of = the King," which last is now the generally accepted rendering.(1876c1)= p> |
|
An early Egyptian king of the Vth dynasty.(1876c1)= p> |
|
A granddaughter of Tetet, an early Egyptian king. Th= is name is imperfect.(1876c1) |
|
A people who were conquered by Budil, a very early k=
ing of
|
|
A famous king of |
|
An early king of Amardia. He was the son of Khanni-C= it, and executed an inscription at Malamir in honour of the deities Dipti and Turutur.(1876c1) |
|
An Egyptian goddess worshipped at Ten. She was proba= bly the same as Souban, which see.(1876c1) |
|
The son of Gahul, a chief of the Kaldai, who, after =
the
emigration of Merodach-Baladan to Nagitu, raised revolt in Southern
Babylonia, but was routed by Sennacherib, at Bit-Tutu, in B.C. 700. In B.=
C.
697, with the help of the Elamites, he proclaimed himself king of |
|
Hind. A kind of Greek cross, e=
ach
branch of which ends in a hook. This cross has a sacred character, and is=
met
with on a great variety of objects. Its origin dates back to the bronze a=
ge,
and it is represented on the weapons of that period. (See FYLFOT.)(1883m1=
) |
|
In Christian symboli=
sm, the
emblem of pride and of conversion.(1883m1) |
|
Her. When blazoned
"proper" ‑ white with red beak and legs ‑ it is the
badge of the Bohuns, Sta=
ffords,
and some other families.(1883m1) |
|
In Scandinavian mythology the name of the father of = the summer.(1876c1) |
|
O.E. Swaddling cloth=
es
(mentioned by Shakspeare).(1883m1) |
|
O.E. A kind of bayon=
et about
six inches long, affixed to a musket‑rest and projected by the acti=
on
of a spring; 17th century.(1883m1) |
|
Sword. (See GLADIUS.) (1883m1) |
|
Sword, in Christian =
art, is
a symbol of martyrdom; it is also the attribute of martyrs who were soldi=
ers.
In Heraldry, when borne as a charge, it is straight in the blade, pointed,
and with a cross‑guard. The custom of swearing on the sword, the hi=
lt
of which took the shape of a cross, or had crosses engraved on it, is
mentioned in very ancient history. (Cf. Hamlet.)(1883m1) |
|
Sword. A sword is a common charge in heraldry. In religi=
ous
pictures angels and archangels are frequently armed with a sword of
undulating blade, called a flaming sword. At all periods of history, and =
in
all centuries, the sword, which is pre‑eminently the weapon of valiance and noblesse, has been ornamented and enri=
ched
with all the resources of decorative art.(1891a1) |
|
(Her.) An heraldic sycamore is a piece of armour in=
the
shape of a barrel hoop. The binding that fastens the hoop and keeps it in=
a
circular form should be distinctly marked. This charge is, however, of ve=
ry
rare occurrence. ILLUS. sycamor=
e(1891a1)
|
|
|
|
Syene. The Scriptural n=
ame
for Aswân. It gives its name to a parti=
cular
form of granite found there and hence called syenite=
.
The name is derived from the hieroglyphic sun.
It owed its ancient importance to its granite quarries, whence material f=
or
temples, obelisks, and statues was taken, and on account of its being a
frontier town between |
|
Syene. The Greek name of the town now called Essouan=
, the
extreme frontier town on the South of Egypt towards |
|
See GRANITE.(1902b1) |
|
A king of |
|
St. Sylvester was the Bishop of Rome who is said to have
been instrumental in converting |
|
A conventional representation of figures or objects, whi=
ch
are the sign of an idea; a figure is said to be symbolic when it embodies
certain attributes and characterises an abstract idea. For instance, we s=
peak
of a figure symbolic of victory, the soul, thought, &c. The attribute=
s of
music, painting, sculpture, &c., have a symbolic value.(1891a1) |
|
The principle applied in Gothic architecture, by which, =
in
painting or sculpture, the virtues and vices are represented under the fo=
rm
of persons or fantastic animals. By the term "symbolism of art"=
we
understand the conceptions peculiar to each epoch, to each architectural
style, in which the beliefs of the people are expressed.(1891a1) |
|
A system of ornament, in which the motives are reproduced
exactly on each side of an axis real or imaginary passing through the cen=
tre
of the composition. In the Gothic style absolute symmetry can scarcely be
said to exist. At one end of the building, for instance, there may be a
belfry, at the other a simple gable. Many church doors are flanked by tow=
ers
or bell turrets of different styles, epochs, and proportions. During the
period of the Renaissance, and from that period down to the present day, =
the
principles of symmetry have, as a rule, been rigorously applied to the
façades of buildings. 2 ILLUS. symmetr1, symmetr2(1891a1)
|
|
Inks of which the ma=
rks are
invisible until the moisture is absorbed by the application of heat. (See
COBALT.)(1883m1) |
|
Gr. A drinking‑=
;party,
distinguished from deipnon,
a feast. A very common subject of representations on ancient vases.(1883m=
1) |
|
In Scandinavian mythology the goddess who guarded the thresholds of houses from evil persons.(1876c1) |
|
A fresh-water fish which was worshipped by the Egypt= ians as the emblem of the goddess Nahemua, or Hathor.(1876c1) |
|
Gr. (1) Athenian fes=
tivals
held in honour of Athena in the month Hecatombeion (July‑August). Their object was =
to
commemorate the union of the government of all the towns of Attica in (2) A lodging‑=
house
adapted to hold several families (Latin, insula), for the convenie=
nce of
foreigners and others who by Athenian law were prohibited from acquiring
house property of their own.(1883m1) |
|
Gr. and R. (<=
span
style=3D'font-family:"WP Greek Courier";mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New =
Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-f=
ont-family:
"WP Greek Courier";mso-no-proof:no'>Fb<‑2,F4H[=3Dsun‑thesis]). One of the vestes coenatoriae which the master of =
the
house, the Amphitryon, provided for his guest=
s. The
parable of the "Wedding Garment" has reference to this practice=
. It
was a kind of tunic worn over the other garments, and during the Saturnal=
ia
by all classes alike. It was usually dyed some colou=
r,
and was not white like the
toga.(1883m1) |
|
Syrinx (O. E. 9th and 10th cent.). An instrument rese=
mbling
Pandean pipes.(1883m1) |
|
Syrinx, Gr. and R. (FØD4(>[=3Dsurinx]). The p=
astoral
pipe invented by Pan; it was called by the poets arundo and fistula. It was formed of seven hollow reeds of regulated len=
gths
adjusted to form an octave.(1883m1) |
|
Gr. (FbDT[=3Dsuro], to sweep=
). A robe
with a train worn on the stage by those actors who had to represent the p=
arts
of gods or heroes. Hence the word is poetically used for tragedy.(1883m1)=
|
|
Systyle. (Arch.) In ancient
architecture a temple is said to be systyle w=
hen
the distance between any two of its columns is one and a half times the
diameter of the columns.(1891a1) |
|
Systyle, Gr. and R. (FbFJL8@H[=3Dsustulos]). An
arrangement in architecture, the intercolumniation of which is of the wid=
th
of two diameters of the shaft, measured at its lower part, just above the=
apophyge; the distance between t=
he plinths being exactly equal to t=
he
diameter of the plinths, as in the Parthenon at Athens. |