$H Ta. Egypt

Ta. An unidentified stellar deity of the ancient Nabatheans. (1876c1)

Ta. The Egyptian name of a tie or ribbon which was sometimes offered to the gods. Se= e also Ta, the amulet. (1876c1)

Ta. An amulet in the shape of the tie of a girdle. I= t was directed by the CLVIth chapter of the Ritual to be made of red jasper, and placed on the neck of the mummy. It was supposed to have the virtue of enrolling the dead amongst the servants of Osiris, by placing him under t= he protection of Isis, enabling him to pa= ss the gates of Hades, and receive the food of the Aahlu or Elysium. The Tat or Nilometer was sometimes substituted instead of this amulet. (1876c1)

$H Taa. Egypt

A daughter of King Thothmes IV. of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ta-ament. Egypt

The wife of Uermu, the guardian of the magazines. See Uermu. (1876c1= )

$H Ta-apenha. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, who was the wife of Psabenhor and the mother of Ahmes, chief of the soldiers under Darius, ki= ng of Persia and Egypt. (1876c1)

$H Ta-apep. Egypt

An Egyptian lady. Period unknown. The name occurs in the Leyden Collection. (1876c1)

$H Ta-aranta.

A town of the Hittites, which was sacred to its local form of the deity Sutekh. (1876c1)

$H Taau.

An Egyptian name of the town of Tyre. (1876c1)

$H Taaut. Phoenica

A Phenician divinity, to whom according to= the Greeks was ascribed the sacred books of the law. He was the analogue of t= he Egyptian deity Thoth. (1876c1)

$H Taauth. Phoenica

Taauth. "The Great Lady." In Phenician myt= hology the feminine form or "reflection" of the Assyrian deity Ao. See Bilit-Taauth. (1876c1)

$H Tabard.

O.E. (Lat. colobium). A tunic with sleeves,= worn over the armour by knights of the Tudor period, and blazoned on the sleev= es, front, and back; it is the official costume of a herald; Chaucer's plough= man wears a tabard, like the mode= rn smock‑frock. (See COAT‑ARMOUR.) Fig. 642. Fig. 642. Tabard.(1883m1)=

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$H Tabaret.

A stout, satin‑= ;striped silk.(1883m1)

$H Ta-ba-ret. Egypt

The wife of Hor, the scribe of the army of Amenhotep III., and the keeper of the house of Queen Taia. (1876c1)<= /o:p>

$H Ta-bat. Egypt

A singer in the temple of Amen Ra, whose votive statu= ette is in the Louvre Museum. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Tabbinet.

O.E. Another name for POPLIN.(1883m1)

$H Tabby.

O.E. A silk watered or figured.(1883m1)=

$H Ta-be. Egypt

A governor of Ethiopia, or Kush, in the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c= 1)

$H Tabeal.

The father of Ashariah, the usurper claima= nt to the throne of J= udah. See Ashariah. (1876c1)

$H Tabella.

Gen. (dimi= n. of tabula). A small board, or tablet, of any kind, esp. (1) a waxtablet; (2) a voting‑tablet (tessera); (3) a letter sent by a messenger (tabellarius); (4) = tabella absolutoria, a receipt f= or a debt; (5) tabella damnatoria,= a judicial record of a verdict and sentence; (6) tabella liminis, the leaf of a door, &c.(1883m1)

$H Taberna.

R. (1) A retail shop; Fig. 643 shows a shop at Pompeii, restored. =

(2) Taberna deversoria, t= aberna meritoria, or simply taberna<= /i>, a wine‑shop or tavern. (Fig. 643.)

Fig. 643. Taberna= .(1883m1)

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$H Tabernacle.

Tabernacle. (Arch.) A kind of small compartment occupying the centre o= f an altar and resembling a diminutive chapel or temple. In it is placed the chalice with the consecrated Host, and it is terminated by a small platfo= rm, on which stands a cross or ostensoir. ILLUS. tabernac(1891a1)

Tabernaculum, Tabern= acle, R. and Chr. (Lit. a tent). <= /o:p>

(1) A booth of planks, or a wooden hut covered with hides. =

(2) In Christian archaeology, the tab= ernacle is a small shrine placed on the altar for the consecrated wafer. It succe= eded the pyx, which was anciently deposited in one of two chambers arranged on each side of the altar. Originally of goldsmith's work, in the 15th and 16th centuries they became stone shrines decorated with sculpture, approached by steps, rising into lanterns and pinnacles to the roof of the church. A cast of a beautiful tabernacle of late 15th century, marble with a gilt metal door, is in the= South Kensington Museum= . Tabernacles of ivory were common in the 16th century. <= /p>

(3) Ornamental niches in a hall.

(4) Accurately applied the term signifies a canopy, (of stone, wood, or other material) such as was placed over a NICHE, a st= all, &c.(1883m1)

$H Tabernacle Work. Architecture

Arch. The ornamented= open work over the stalls (of a cathedral church, &c.), and, in general, any minute ornamental open&#= 8209;work is called tabernacle work.(18= 83m1)

$H Tabernaculum.. [See Tabernacle]

$H Tabernula. Dimin. of TABERNA (q.v.). (1= 883m1)

$H Tabinet. (See TABBINET.) (1883m1)

$H Tabiti. Scythia

Tabiti. "Fire." According to Herodotus the name of a Scythian goddess, answe= ring to the Vesta of the Greeks. (1876c1)

$H Tablature.

Fr. One part of a pa= inted wall or ceiling, forming a single piece or design.(1883m1)

$H Table.

Table. In architecture the term table is applied to a horizontal moulding, which marks the division between the stories of the building. Tables receive different na= mes according to their position, e.g.= , bench table, corbel table, &c.(1891a1)

Table, O.E. The anci= ent meaning of this word was "any level expanded surface," such as a flat piece of board. A picture was called a table (Latin tabula) as late as the 17th century. (See TABULA.)(1883m1)

Tables. (Paint.) In Latin the term tabula was applied to an easel picture, and in the Middle Ages painted panels were often known as tables. Our cut is from a fresco at = Pompeii. ILLUS. tables(1891a1)

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Tables, O.E. (1) Bac= kgammon.

(2) Ivory writing= 209;tablets, so called, were used in the middle ages in England by people of all ra= nks: ‑

"His felaw had a staff tipped with horn,

A pair of tables all of ivory, =

And a pointed ypolished fetishly,

And wrote alway the names, as he stood

Of alle folk that gaue hem any good."

(Chaucer.)(1883m1)

--- $H Table, Altar.

(Arch.) The horizontal part of an altar, upon which are placed the holy vessels and books, with which the priest officiates.(1891= a1)

--- $H Table, Devil's.

A popular name for dolmens (q.v= .) and other so‑called Druidical remains.(1891a1)

--- $H Table, Engraver's.

A table used by ancient engravers as well as the wood= 209;cutters of modern times. Its peculiarity is that it is hollowed out, as shown in = out cut. The engraver stands in the hollow, placing his elbows on the project= ing portions, which serve as supports. This table is sometimes furnished with= a projecting rim, which prevents the engraver's tools from slipping off. ILLUS. tableeng(1891a1)

--- $H Table, Model's.

A kind of platform or support, set upon short legs. It presents a considerable horizontal surface raised above the ground and up= on it living models pose, especially for the benefit of art students, who ma= ke studies from the life.(1891a1)

$H Table‑base.

Arch. A BASE‑M= OULDING, near the ground, immediately over the plinth.(1883m1)

$H Table Diamond.

A gem cut with a flat surface.(1883m1)

$H Tablementum.

Arch. Synonym of TABULA.(1883m1)

$H Tablet.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>

Tablet (Fr. tablette.) Any flat surface for inscriptions; leaves for memoranda.(1883m1)

Tablet. A term applied to the square oblong pigments, of varying thickness, used in water‑colour drawing. It also denotes the small wax plates, which the ancients used for writing upon with a stilus.(1891a1)

Tablets. In architec= ture a general term for small projecting mouldings or strings, mostly horizontal. The tablet at the top, under the battlement, is called a cornice, and that at the = bottom a basement, under which is generally a thicker wall. The tablet running round doors and windows is called a dripstone, and if ornamented a canopy. (Rickman, p. 42.)(1883m1)

--- $H Tablet, Memorial.

A tablet of stone, marble or other material, upon which a commemorative inscription is placed. Houses in which illustrious men were born or lived are sometimes, though far too seldom in London, marked with a memorial tablet= . ILLUS. tabletme(1891a1)

--- $H Tablets, Pectoral.

Among the decorations of the mummies are frequently found many small pectorals of soft stone, having the figure of= a Bennu or heron, the soul as the bird of Osiris, engraved like a mould upon them. These objects, which were at one time supposed to have been matrices for casting from, were certainly used in a religious sense, although we a= re not at present in a position to ascertain what. The Bennu, or the phoenix= of the Greeks, rising from its ashes, was an emblem of the reproduction and regeneration of the soul; and the tablet would seem to insure that the mu= mmy upon which it was laid should arise to a new birth, and be destined to re= new again its former existence. The same idea is also frequently expressed un= der another form on the sarcophagi, namely, Isis and her sister Nephthys impressing a seal upon the ground. (Birch.) (1876c1)

$H Tabletterie. Fr. Turned work in ivory or shells, &c.(1883m1)

$H Tablinum.

Tablinum. (Arch.) A small room in a Roman house situated near the atrium, in which the family archives were kept.(1891a1)

Tablinum, R. One of = the apartments in a Roman house; it was a recess in the ATRIUM, and contained= the wax or ivory portraits and statues in bronze and marble of ancestors, and carved representations of their honourable achievements in the state, and= the family archives. (See DOMUS.)(1883m1)

$H Tabl shamee.

Egyp. The Syrian dru= m, used by the modern Egyptians; a kind of kettledrum of tinned copper, with a parchment face.(1883m1)

$H Tab-nith.

King of Sidon and son of Eshmonazer= I., and father of Eshmonazer II. Nothin= g else is known concerning him. (1876c1)

$H Tabor, Tabour.

O.E. A very loud drum "which is bad for people's heads, for, if stretched tight and struck hard, it may be heard at half a league's distance."(1883m1)

$H Tabouret.

An embroidery frame.= (1883m1)

$H Tabret.

Heb. A small tabor.(1883m1)

$H Tab-rimmon.

The son of Rezon, king of Damascus. He raised the state from th= at of a petty kingdom to one of importance in S= yria, and was succeeded by his son B= enhadad I., the Benhadad of Hebrew hist= ory. (1876c1)

$H Tabu. Egypt

The son of an Egyptian king, but of what k= ing it is not known. (1876c1)

$H Ta-bu-bu. Egypt

An Egyptian priestess of the goddess Bast,= at Memphis. She is = the courtesan and evil heroine in the ancient Egyptian romance of Setnau.(187= 6c1)

$H Tabula.

R. and Chr.

(1) Literally, a plank, and thenc= e used to denote a variety of objects made of wood or planks, as for instance a bench; a dice‑table; a waxed writing‑tablet (tabula cerata); a panel‑painting; a votive‑tablet= ; a voting‑ticket.

(2) Arch. Properly any solid construction adapted for superficial decoration,= as the frontal of an altar. &quo= t;The most remarkable example of the ta= bula destined for the front of the Altar, is preserved in Westminster Abbey; i= t is formed of wood, elaborately carved, painted and enriched with a kind of mosaic work of coloured glass, superficially inlaid, a species of decorat= ion of Italian origin." (Consult Parker's Glossary s.v.)

(3) In Christian archaeology, tabulae nuptiales or dotales was = the name given to the parchment scrolls in the hands of persons who figure = in the marriage scenes represented on tombs.(1883m1)

$H Tabularium.

R. A place set apart= in the temples at Rome where the public records were kept.(1883m1)

$H Tabu-sar-assur.

The great Tukulu under Tiglath Pileser = I. and Sargon II., kings of Assyria. (187= 6c1)

$H Tabuya.

A young Assyrian woman in the harem of Esarhaddon, whom the king of Assyria placed on the throne of Addumu, in <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Arabia, after he had deposed the queen of that co= untry. (1876c1)

$H Tabu-zilli-zara.

The prefect of Assur, under Tiglath Pileser<= /st2:middlename> I. and Sargon II. (1876c1)=

$H Tace.

Tace, Chr. The cross= or crutch of St. Anthony.(1883m1)

Taces. (See TASSETS.= ) The skirts or coverings to the pockets. (Meyrick.)(1883m1)

Taces. Overlapping p= lates of armour to envelope the abdomen (see TACHES), introduced in the 14th centu= ry, under Richard II.(1883m1)

$H Tachiste.

A term used in French art criticism to denote those impressionists who see no charm in a picture beyond taches or strong touches of varying colour and intensity, whi= ch are not blended with the ground.(1891a1)

$H Tachus. Egypt

The Greek name of a king of Egypt, about the XXXth dyna= sty. By some conjectured to have been Nectanebo. (1876c1)

$H Tack. [See Dag - Editor]

$H Taeda.

Taeda or Teda. R. A = resinous torch made with pieces and slips of the pine called teda.(1883m1)

$H Ta-ei. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of Nefer-heb-ef, which see. (1876c1)

$H Ta-ei-ouih-ra. Egypt

A priestess of Amen Ra. She was the daught= er of Khons-mes, a male spondist of Amen, and the lady Tent-amen, who was al= so a priestess of the same divinity. (1876c1)

$H Ta-en-hannu. Egypt

A peculiar form of ornamental bread used by the ancient Egyptians. It was moulded in the form of a phallus, and was sometimes offered to the gods. (1876c1)

$H Taenia.

In the costume of the ancients taeniae were the ribands which were twisted round the fillet = worn by priests and others. It was the taenia which served to fasten the fillet. As an architectural term taenia denotes the fillet which,= in the Doric order, separates the architrave from the frieze.(1891a1)

Gr. and R.

(1) The ribbon with = which a wreath or fillet round the head was attached.

(2) In architecture,= the band which separates the Doric frieze from the architrave; it is, in many cases, ornamented with painting similar to that shown in Fig. 644. Fig. 644. Taenia.(1883m1)=

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$H Taffeta.

(Pers. taftah, from taftan, to twist). A thin, glossy silken fabric, having a wavy lustre; a less costly silk than CENDAL (q.v.), 16th century. Stow records that it was first made in England= by John Tyce, of Shoreditch, London, 41 = Elizabeth, 1598.= (1883m1)

$H Taf-nekht. Egypt

Taf-nekht. A priest of Osiris, in the thirty-fourth = year of Darius Hystaspes. (1876c1)

Taf-nekht. The king of Bunu. He was one of the twenty petty kings of Egy= pt established by the Assyrians, by whom he was called Tap-nakh-ti. (1876c1)=

Taf-nekht. A petty Egyptian king of Sais. He is said to have been remarka= ble for his wisdom. He was succeeded by his son, Bak-en-ran-f, the only king = of the XXIVth dynasty. He was the Tnephactes of the Greeks. (1876c1)

Taf-nekht. A petty Egyptian prince of the XXIInd dyn= asty. He incited the other chiefs of Egypt to rebel against Piankhi, king of Ethiopia, who then governed= the land as suzerain. The revolution was rapidly quelled by Piankhi, and Tafn= ekht fled to the Isle of Cyprus, from whence he sent his submission to the conqueror. (1876c1)

$H Taf-nekhta. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the mother of the great officer Nechtarhebi, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tagab-lishur.

An Elamite city, called the city of the Nakindati. It was destroyed by Sennacherib. (1876c1)

$H Tages.

According to Classical authors, the son of Genius and the grandson of Jupiter, who taught the Etruscans the science = of augury and divination. He was discovered by a = Tuscan ploughman in the form of a clod of earth. His name is not found in the inscriptions; but he is represented on two gems as a boy, half ploughed up from the earth, teaching the Etruscan priests. (1876c1)=

$H Taggil-ana-bel.

The governor of Nisibin in the reign of Sa= rgon II. He was eponym of the year B.C. 715, in which expeditions to Minni, As= ia Minor, and Arabia took place. (1876c1)=