$H Tan.

Tan. A reddish brown colour, tinged slightly with yellow.(1891a1)

Tan. In Eg= yptian mythology the mystical region called the "Land of Millions<= /st1:PlaceName> of Years." (1876c1)

$H Tanagra figures.

Terra‑cotta figures made in ancient times at Tanagra in Baeot= ia. Tanagra figures= are very delicate in execution and of inexpressible charm. Some are gilded, others painted, and they are highly prized by collectors. The finest of t= hem date from the 5th century B.C., and are thus contemporary with the Elgin marbles. = The interest they possess, as showing us of what the more homely side of Greek sculpture was capable at this period, can hardly be overrated. ILLUS. tanagraf(1891a1)

<= /o:p>

$H Tanai. See Danai. (1876c1)

$H Tanakun.

A city in the district of Hamanu, which was conquered, together with its king Tulka, by Shalmaneser II. (1876c1)=

$H Ta-naro. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the daughter of Amenemap= , a priest of Amen Ra. See Amen-e= m-ap. (1876c1)

$H Ta-na-sa-ta-nasa. = Egypt

A mystical title of Amen Ra, in the CLXVIth chapter of the Ritual of the Dead. (1876c1)

$H Tanau. Egypt

The name by which the Daunians were known = to the Egyptians in the time of Rameses III. (1876c1)

$H Tandai.

The chief of the city of Karbat, in the district of Halehazta.= He defied the power of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria<= /st1:place>, and ravaged his tributaries' states. He was soon conquered by the Assyria= ns, and carried off captive into Nineveh. (1876c1)

$H Tanen. Egypt

An earth god, another form of Seb (q= .v.). He is also combined with Ptah, the god Ptah-Tanen being more often spoken= of than Tanen alone. At Abu Simbel he is described as father to Ramses II. He is represented as a man with the ram= 's horns, two feathers and disk on his head. Tanen, besides being a personification of the earth, is also identified with the night sun. He is the presiding deity of the land bordering on Lake Moeris.(1902b1)=

$H Tanen-Tu. <= /span> Egypt

An Egyptian goddess who was worshipped at = the town of Ter, near Hermonthis. She was a form of the goddess Hathor. (1876c1)

$H Ta-neter. <= /span>

Ta-neter. "Holy Land," or "Land of the Gods." The Egyptian name for the country of Palestine. (1876= c1)

Ta-neter. The Egyptian name for Pount or Arabia Feli= x, which was first invaded by Queen Hatasu, of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1) [See Punt - Editor]

$H Tangent.

A term applied in geometry to a straight line, which has only a point in common with a single curve.(1891a1)

$H Tang‑fish.

Seals are so called = in the Shetlands.(1883m1)

$H Tanis. Egypt

. According to Herodotus a nome in Lower Egypt held b= y the Calasirian class of warriors.(1876c1)

Tanis. The Greek name for Zant<= /i>, the capital of the fourteenth nome of Lower Egypt<= /st1:place>, the modern San, and Scriptural Zoan. Chief deity, Horus.(1902b1)

. A town in Lower Egypt, now called San, the seat of empire o= f the XVth, XVIth and XVIIth (Shepherd), and XXIst and XXIIIrd (revived) Egyptian dynasties. The ruins of this important city have only lately been discove= red by Mariette Bey. The most interesting of the remains are those of the Hyk= shos period, which show these invaders to have been an educated race, and far = from the barbaric destroyers that they have been hitherto represented. The sty= le of art of the sphynxes and statues discovered at San is strongly Semitic,= and less conventional than that of the native Egyptians; the features of the kings, evidently portraits, are characteristically cut and indicate an As= iatic type. Tanis was for many centuries the capital of the Lower Empire; its chief deity w= as Sutekh, who was afterwards assimilated with the god Set. On the expulsion= of the Hykshos, in the commencement of the XVIIIth dynasty, the city was overthrown and abandoned as impure; but at the commencement of the follow= ing dynasty Rameses II., who with his father, Seti Menepthah, was also a Set worshipper, rebuilt the capital, and restored the temples and obelisks, dedicating them again to Sutekh, with whom he associated, however, as joi= nt deities the Egyptian gods, Ra, Tum, and Horus. In the period of the XXIst dynasty Tanis was again the capital of t= he empire, and it continued one of the chief cities government till the rise= of the XXVIth dynasty, when the seat of empire was removed to Sais. After that time the prosperity = of Tanis declined, = but its local advantages still maintained it in some degree of importance, and the Ptolemaic sovereigns repaired some of the religious edifices. The glory a= nd wealth of the capital had, however, departed, and the last blow to its decaying power was given to it, as well as to many of the other cities of= the empire, by the decree of Theodosius which established the Christian relig= ion, to the exclusion of all other creeds, and enforced the destruction of the pagan temples, A.D. 379. (Mariette.)(1876c1)

$H Tankard. <= /h1>

(Norman Fr. Tankar.)= A drinking‑jug with a cover. The name is said to be compounded of étain, tin, and quarte, a quart measure. The Fle= mish had tankards of wood, with pegs down the sides, to measure the quantity drunk. (See Figs. 615 and 645.) (See POKAL.)

Fig. 645. Flemish Tankard, silver‑gilt. 17th centu= ry.(1883m1)

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; <= /o:p>

$H Tan-te-bast. Egypt

An Egyptian princess, the daughter of Prin= ce Psametik, of the XXIVth dynasty.(1876c1)

$H Taper. [See Lamp - Editor]

$H Ta-pera. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the mother of the great officer Ahmes-senet-uahbra, which see.(1876c1)

$H Tapestry.

Tapestry may be defined as painting in textile fabrics. = In tapestry designs are obtained by interlacing threads on lines stretched vertically or horizontally so as to form arrangements of lines and tints.= It should he remembered that in tapestry there is no canvas or other materia= l to form a groundwork. The groundwork is formed by the coloured threads themselves. The purpose of tapestry is to cover wall‑spaces, and it should always be hung loosely and not stretched as though held in a frame. [High Warp; Low Warp.](1891a1)

Tapestry. The introd= uction of tapestry properly so called dates from the 12th century, when it began to rival the more ancient embroidered stuffs called Sarrazi= nois carpets. Tapestry is woven on looms, i.e. on a warp rolled round two cylinders, and stretched out between th= em either vertically or horizontally, for the insertion of the woof between and among the threa= ds. When woven on a vertical warp, it is called high‑warp (haute‑lisse); when horizon= tal, low‑warp (basse‑lisse= ). The former produces, for many reasons, incomparably the finest work, and = is the method adopted for the Gobelins and Savonnerie tapestries. The progre= ss of the art has followed, especially in Flanders, that of painting, from which its models are derived. It has become less popular than it was during the present century, from the general disuse of hangings in the decoration of houses. Perhaps the best condensed account = of this extensive subject is the work of M. Alfred de Champeaux, translated = for the South Kensington Museum= . (See BAYEUX TAPESTRY.)(1883m1)

$H Ta-phis.

A chief town in the Dodecaschoenon, in Nubia, which see.(1876c1)

$H Tap-nakhti.

An Assyrian form of the Egyptian royal name Tafnekht, which see.(1876c1)

$H Tap-osiris. Egypt

In the Ptolemaic period the chief town of = the first nome of Lower Egypt.(1876c1)

$H Tap-tu. Egypt

A mystical country which is mentioned in t= he XLth chapter of the Ritual of the Dead.(1876c1)

$H Tapul.

O.E. The perpendicul= ar ridge down the centre of a breastplate.(1883m1)

$H Tapura.

The Egyptian name for an Amorite city in <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Syria, which was captured by Rameses II. It is supposed to have been the Dabir of Hebrew history.(1876c1)

$H Tarakennas.

The general of the cavalry of Khitasira, k= ing of the Hittites. He was killed, together with many other chief officers, = at the battle of Kadesh. (1876c1)

$H Taraui.

An Ethiopian people, who were conquered by Rameses III. (1876c1)

$H Tarba.

A city in Persia, in the district of Yutiya. It was the birthplace of Veisdates, the rebel king of Persia, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tarbizi.

A city to the North of Nineveh, where Shalmaneser IV. erected a fine temple and dedicated some rich ivory furni= ture to Nergal, the god of war. A second temple to the same deity was also ere= cted there by Assurbanipal (1876c1)

$H Tar‑black.

A kind of lamp black prepared by the combu= stion of coal tar, or of the heavy oils of tar and schist.(1883m1)

$H Tarchnas. <= /span>

The Etruscan name of a noble house, from whence the Tarquinii of mythical Roman history were descended. (1876c1)

$H Tarechites.

An Asiatic people who are supposed by some Assyriologists to have been the descendants of the patriarchs Heber and Terah. (1876c1)

$H Targe and Target.

Targe. (Her.) [See Shield.] (1891a1)

Targe or Target, O.E= . A round shield.(1883m1)

Targe, Target. (Wels= h targa, wicker‑work.)(1883m= 1)

Targe, Fr. Med. A da= gger or small sword:

&q= uot;Les autres gens avoient targes et= semitarges, qui sont espé= es de Turquie." (See SEMITARGE.)(1883m1)=

--- $H Targe (or Pavoise) Futée.

Targe (or Pavoise) Futée, Fr. A shield composed of several pieces, which loosened on being struck, and fell asunder. The Swabian jousters at Maximilian's triu= mph are described (Meyrick, vol. = ii.) as bearing these shields.(1883m1)

$H Targum.

Chaldee (lit. interpretation). A paraphrase, or lesson from the Old Testament in the Chaldee language.(1883m1)

$H Tarhulara. [See Tar-khulara - Edi= tor]

$H Tar-hu-nazi.

The king of Millid. He revolted against Sa= rgon II., and conquered the district of Kummani. He was then attacked and defe= ated by the king of Assyria, who destroyed the city of = Millid. Tarhunazi managed to escape t= o the fortress of Tulgarimmi, where he was at last captured with his family and placed in irons, ultimately being sent into slavery to Assyria, together with 5,000 of his subjects. (1876c1)

$H Taric.

Taric. "Darkness." In Zendic mythology the= fifth of the evil Darvands, which see. (1876c1)

$H Taricheutae. Egypt

A class of Egyptian undertakers, who prepa= red the bodies of the deceased for the embalmers after the evisceration by the Parachistae, which see. (1876c1)

$H Taricheutes. Egypt

An embalmer of the dead.(1902b1)

$H Tar-ili-su. Assyria

Tar-ili-su. "Son of his God." A common Assyrian phrase, whic= h was used in the sense of "pious," or "accepted of the gods.&qu= ot; (Fox Talbot.) (1876c1)

$H Tariush.

Tariush. Or Ntariush. The Egyptian form = of the Persian royal name Darius, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tar-khulara.

Tar-khulara. Or Tarhulara. Th= e king of the Syrian province Gaugama, or Gaugulama, who assisted Sarduri, king = of Armenia, and was defeated with him by Tiglath-Pileser, in Commagene, B.C. 743. Tarkhul= ara remained a faithful tributary, attending Tiglath-Pileser's court at Damascus, in B.C= . 732, until he was murdered by his son, Mutallu. (1876c1)

$H Tarn.

A mountain lake.(188= 3m1)

$H Ta-roten-Pasht. &n= bsp; Egypt [See Ta-roten-sekhet - Editor]

$H Ta-roten-sekhet. &= nbsp; Egypt

Ta-roten-sekhet. Or Ta-roten-Pasht. An Egyptian lady, the mother of the lady Sa-horset. Period uncertain. (1876c1)

Ta-roten-sekhet. An Egyptian lady, who with her husb= and Pamau belonged to a family which had been priests and priestesses of the goddess Mehi for live generations. (1876c1)

$H Tarots.

Emblematical cards s= till used in Switzerland = and parts of Germany. "They are unknown, except as curiosities, to the Parisians and to ourselves; but they are, nevertheless, the sole representatives of the original cards which the Gipsies brought with them into Europe." (Rev. E. S. Taylor.)(1883m1)<= o:p>

$H Tarpaulin.

A tarred palling or covering.(1883m1)

$H Tar-qu.

The Assyrian form of the Egyptian royal na= me Tirhakah. (1876c1)

$H Tars, Cloth of. <= /span>

A web of silk and th= e downy wool of goats of T= ibet, the forerunner of cashmere.(1= 883m1)

$H Tarsia.

Tarsia or Intarsia. = A kind of mosaic in woods; representing views of buildings and ornament of vario= us kinds, by inlaying pieces of wood, of various colours and shades, into pa= nels of walnut wood.(1883m1)

Tarsia. An Italian word, which denotes a curious art pra= ctised in Venice and some other Italian cities in the 15th century. It was a kind of wood mosa= ic. Landscapes and other scenes were represented by inlaying woods of various colours upon a foundation of walnut wood.(1891a1)

$H Tar-su. Etruria

The Etruscan name of the Gorgon Medusa sla= in by Perseus. Gorgons and Gorgon-heads are plentiful in Etruscan art. (1876= c1)

$H T= ar-sura. Wrongly read Parsura. Etruria

Tar-sura. Wrongly read Parsura. An Etruscan nereid, who was the attendant of Thetis. (1876c1)

$H Tarsus.

In Anatomy, the instep and socket of the ankle‑bone.(1883m= 1)

$H Tar-takhi.     Chaldaea

In Chaldean astronomy the name of an unidentified star. (1876c1)

$H Tartan.

Fr. (not Gaelic). The Highland = plaid, the dress of the Scottish Highlanders, said to be derived from the Celta;= the Galli non braccati.(1883m1)

$H Tartarium.

Cloth of Tars was a = costly cloth of royal purple, probably a mixture of silk and goat's‑hair f= rom Thibet. It is mentioned by Chaucer: ‑

"His coat armure was of cloth of Tars, Couched with perles."(1883m1)

$H Taru.     Egypt

Garu. Or= Taru. The frontier town of Egypt towards Syria, on the left bank of the Nile. It was probably the Heroopolis of the Greek= s. (1876c1)

$H Tar-u.     Egypt

Another form of the name of the Egyptian c= ity Garu, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tar-zi.     Syria

A city in Northern = Syria which was conquered by Shalmaneser II., who placed upon the throne Kirri,= the brother of Kati, king of Que. (1876c1)

$H Tar-zi-hu.

The king of Maziravus, a district bordering upon Assyria. He was rendered tributar= y by Samsi-Vul or Samas-Rimmon III. (1876c1)

$H Tas.    Egypt

Tas or Tats. Egyp. A= mulets of gilded sycamore wood, cornelian, jasper, glass, &c., found suspend= ed from the necks of mummies.(1883m1)

$H Ta-schep-en-maut.   = Egypt

An Egyptian lady, attached to the temple of Amen Ra, of which she was spondi= st. She was the wife of the sacred scribe Pet-amen-neb-nes-ataui, which see. = (1876c1)

$H Ta-sche-ra-he.   &nb= sp; Egypt

An Egyptian lady, who was the wife of the priest Pet-e-hake and the mother of the priest of Pthah Taho, in the XXVI= th dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ta-se-en-hes.   &nbs= p; Egypt

A devotee of Apis, about the close of the reign of Darius Hystaspes. (1876c1)

$H Ta-sen-kno.     Egypt

An Egyptian lady, who was the daughter of Psametkia, overseer of the archers, and the lady Pasht. A portion of his sarcophagus is in the L= eyden Museum. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Ta-ser.     Egypt

Ta-ser. "Hill." One of the mystical abodes i= n the Ritual of the Dead. (1876c1)

$H Ta-se-sert.     Egypt

The wife of the usurper Sipthah, king of <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Egypt, in the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ta-set-ta.     Egypt

A pallacist and assistant to the palace of= the god Ra. She was the daughter of Isi-oer, probably of the period of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tashter.

In Zendic mythology the creator spirit. To punish the sins of man after the fall from Paradis= e, together with the wickedness of the Kharfesters, he and the Yzeds caused a deluge to arise which drowned them all. (1876c1)

$H Ta-si-ten-hiset.   &= nbsp; Egypt

The daughter of Aahmes II., of the XXVIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Taskhtali.     Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the daughter of Pisanhor. Her double sarcophagus and mummy are in the Leyden Museum. (1876c1)

$H Tasm.

An early Arabian race, of Aramaean or Semi= tic origin; one of the minor populations of the Peninsular. (1876c1)

$H Tasmit.     Assyria

Tasmit. Misr= ead URMIT, "She that Hears." In Assyrian mythology Tasmit was the w= ife of Nebo, and inspired the gift of readily hearing and understanding the utterances of her consort. Assurbanipal asserts that Nebo and Tasmit had "made broad his ears and enlightened his eyes," so that he orde= red all the characters of the syllabaries and the ancient writings of Accad to be explained and written down. (Sayce.) (1876c1)

$H Tas-nekht.     Egypt

Another form of the Egyptian name Taf-nekh= t, which see. (1876c1)

$H Taspu.     Egypt

The daughter of Hor-mi-nuter, a wife of Takelot I., the third king of the XXIInd dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tasritu.     Assyria

The seventh month of the Assyrians. It was sacred to Samas, the Sun-god, and was called by the Accadians Tulcu, "The Holy Altar." It answered roughly to our October. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Tassel.

An ornament which consists of a hemispherical head or kn= ob surrounded by a pendent fringe. The cords with which curtains are held ba= ck are generally terminated in tassels, and architectural ornaments sometimes resemble a tassel in shape. 2 ILLUS. tassel1, tassel2(1891a1)

       &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;       <= /o:p>

$H Tassel‑gentle.  &nb= sp;

O.E. (for tercelR= 09;gentle). A species of hawk. (Shakspeare.)(1883m1)

$H Tasses.

Flaps of armour atta= ched to the bottom of the breast‑plate for the protection of the thighs.(1883m1)

$H Tassets.

A name given to the plates of metal which, in a suit of armour, were fixed on to leather= and hung from the waist. They protected the hips and thighs and scarcely hamp= ered the movements of the wearer. ILLUS. tassets= (1891a1)

<= /o:p>

$H Tassi-guru-bar.=      Babylonia

An early king of Ba= bylonia, of whom nothing is known, except that he was of the house of Suqamuna, and was the father of the conqueror Agu-kak-rimi. (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Taste.

In the artist taste is the quality which leads to the selection of material best fitted for artistic expression and to the refi= ned and delicate treatment of the material selected. In the amateur taste is = the faculty of distinguishing between true and false art.(1891a1)<= /span>

$H Tat.    Egypt

Tat or Dad. Egyp. A sculptor's stool; a religious emblem worn by gods and sacred animals round the neck. The term was also probably a name of Mendés.(1883m1)

Tat. Or Dad. An Egyptian deity, the spiritualised emblem of stability, generally represented by the peculiar stand with four shelves, often call= ed a Nilometer, but which is now known to have been an altar. In the temples it was used as a pedestal to the statues of the gods. As the special emblem = of the god Pthah it was always suspended round the neck of that divinity and= of his favourite animals, and it was also a part of the figure of Osiris-Tat= , as "The Resident in Amenti." (1876c1)

$H Tata.     Egypt

An Egyptian royal scribe and chief of the palace, probably of the XXVth dynasty. (1876c1)

An Egyptian gentleman, the father of Osirtesen, a private individual, probably of the XIIth dynasty. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Tatai.

A king of the country of Ginginai, who paid tribute to Samsi-Vul or Samas-Rimmon III., king of Assyria. (1876c1)

$H Tat-akat.     <= /span> Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of Har-si-esi, = and the mother of Pou-isis, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tat-ara.     Egypt

An Egyptian lady of the family of the Capt= ain Hui of the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tat-asu.     Egypt

The name of the pyramid in which King Teta, the Othoes of the Greeks, was buried, and where he was afterwards worship= ped as a god. (1876c1)

$H Tat-ehu.     Egypt

A strong fortress held by the rebel chiefs against Piankhi, king of Egypt, whose army destroyed it, and took its garrison prisoners. It was also cal= led Oer-nekhtu. (1876c1)

$H Tates.     Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the daughter of Thoth-ho= tep and the lady Salan= tmouth. Her mummy and sarcophagus are in the Leyden Museum. (1876c1)

$H Tathra.     Egypt

An Egyptian functionary in the time of the XIXth dynasty, whose tomb is in the Louvre Museum. (1876c1)

$H Tati-nas-ka-nofre.      Egypt

The son of King Imhotep of the IIIrd (VIth) dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tatisbu.

The herald of Khitasira, king of the Hitti= tes. He was employed, together with the herald Rames, by his master, to convey= the treaty of peace to Rameses II., an office which he successfully performed. (1876c1)

$H Tat-kera.     <= /span> See Assa-Tatkeres. (1876c1)

$H Tat-kera-ma.     Egypt

An early Egyptian king who is named on the Tablet of Abydos. (1876c1)

$H Tat-maut-a-s-ankh.     Egypt

An Egyptian lady attached to the temple of Amen Ra. She was the mother of Pet-amen-neb-nes-ataui, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tats.    Egypt [See Tas – Editor= ]

$H Tau.

Tau. A sacred instrument used by the Egyptians in the shape of the Greek T. The term is also applied to an heraldic charge in the form of a T, which = is really a cross potent, or, as it is more usually called, St. Anthony's cross.(1891a1)

Tau Cross. = The mediaeval name of the St. Anthony's cross, which with a handle for suspension, was used alike by the Egyptians and the Christians in Egypt. See Crux Ansata. (1876c1)

Tau, Taucross. (1) H= er. A cross formed like the letter T, so‑called in Greek. This charge is = also called the Cross of St. Anthony.

(2) Chr. As a motive= for ornamental design the tau is = the ancient form of the episcopal staff as represented in the catacombs. Originally curved like the pagan = lituus, it became in the 8th century straight. The Taus were often hollowed to contain relics, &c. (Consult = Ivories, by W. Maskell, pp. 84, 85.).(1883m1)

$H Ta-uau.     Egypt

An Egyptian lady of high, probably of royal rank, in the XVIIIth dynasty. One of her sons was named Ahmes, and another Bak. (1876c1)

$H Tau Cross or Taucross= .     [See Tau – Editor]=

$H Ta-uer.     Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the sister of Khetef, the "Captain of the Boatmen" of Rameses II. (1876c1)

$H Tauntons.    =

A kind of broad clot= h made at Taunton in Somersetshire.(1883m1)

$H Taur.     Egypt

An Egyptian infernal goddess. See Thoeris. (1876c1)=

$H Taurlai.

A country which was rendered tributary by Samas-Rimmon III., king of Assyria. (1= 876c1)

$H Ta-urt.      Egypt

Ta-urt, or Thoueris. The goddess represented as a hippopotamus, though occasionally wit= h a woman's head, and sometimes as a whole woman. She was the wife of Set, and was supposed by some at Theb= es, where she was worshipped as Apet= , to have given birth to Osiris. Her head-dress is usually the disk, horns = and plumes, and she is shown leaning on the the amulet which represented the blood of I= sis. She is called "mistress of the gods," also the "good nurse," for she presided at the birth of children. ILLUS. T= a-urt.(1902b1)=

<= /o:p>

$H Ta-user.     Egypt

An Egyptian princess, the daughter of Merenpthah I. of the XI= Xth dynasty, who with her husband Sipthah usurped the throne of Egypt to the exclusion of t= he rights of her brother Seti II. (1876c1)

$H Taut-mut-f.     Egypt

Taut-mut-f. One of the seven great spirits of the Ri= tual of the Dead. (1876c1)

Taut-mut-f. The Painter, one of the four genii of the dead. He was represented as a vase with a jackal's head as a lid. Upon the vase was often inscribed a prayer to the goddess Neith. (1876c1)

Taut-mut-f. The mystical name of one of the planks o= f the boat of souls in the XCIXth chapter of the Ritual of the Dead. (1876c1)

$H Tau-uer.     Egypt

The father of Ameni, a great officer of st= ate in the reigns of Amenemha I. and II. of the XIIth dynasty. (1876c= 1)

$H T= ava.      Egypt

In the Greco-Roman period the chief town of the Phthemphuthic nome of Lower Egypt (1876c1)

$H Tavolace.    =

Tavolace or Talevas.= (It. tavolaccio). A large thick wooden shield; like a table (tavola) of wood (hence its name)= , 15th century.(1883m1)

$H Tavthe.    Babylonia

In Greco-Babylonian mythology the daughter= of Sige, or the primaeval matter, the sister and. wife of Apason, and the mo= ther of the gods, and of Moumis, the intelligent world. Tavthe was derived from the Accadian Tihamtu, "The Sea." (1876c1)

$H Tawaf.     Arabia

In ancient Arabian mythology certain circu= its or runnings round the sacred stones in the temples, which had to be repea= ted seven times while certain invocations were uttered. The custom was also a Hindu one. (1876c1)

$H Tawatana.     <= /span>

An unidentified country of the Hittites. (1876c1)

$H Tawdry.

Showy. The word is said to be derived from Ethelreda torquem, St. Ethelred's necklace, which was composed of rows of twisted lace, an ornament much us= ed by Anglo‑Saxon ladies. (Sto= rmont.)(1883m1)

$H Tawdry Lace.

A kind of fine lace = alluded to by Shakspeare, Spenser, &c. (Halliwell.)

"Fimbriae nundinis sanctae Ethelredae emptae." (Coles.)(1883m1)

$H Tawney.

O.E. A deep orange c= olour, used in the Middle Ages as a live= ry colour.(1883m1)

$H Tawney Coat.

O.E. The dress of a = summoner or apparitor. (Shakspeare.)(1= 883m1)

$H Taxation.     <= /span> Egypt

It is evident from various records that there was a regular system of taxati= on, and that in old days even as now the people only paid under protest. Ther= e is no evidence of a poll tax even as late as the time of the early Ptolemies. But when at regular intervals several times a year the tax-collector came, each village would be a scene of distress and uproar until each debtor had paid up his due, probably only induced to do so by the stick. In Ptolemaic times there was an elaborate and crushing system of taxation, the injusti= ce arising probably from the fact that the collection of the taxes was farme= d out. Ptolemy V. instituted a five per cent. tax on all sales.(1902b1)

$H Taxidermy.

The art of preservin= g the skins of animals.(1883m1)

$H Tayf.

A town near Mecca, which was anciently sacred to = the worship of the goddess Allat. (1876c1)

$H Taymi.

In ancient Nabathean mythology the local d= eity of the town of Taym in Arabia Deserta. (1876c1)

$H Tazana.

A city on the Euphr= ates where Naditabirus, the Babylonian rebel, was encountered and slain by Dar= ius Hystaspes. (1876c1)

$H Tazza.

It. An ornamental cu= p or vase, with a flat shallow bowl, standing on a foot, and with handles.(188= 3m1)

(Pot.) A cup of the shape indicated in our illustration.= It had a slender foot and two h= andles. ILLUS. tazza(1891a1)

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$H Tchatrauvat.

Tchatrauvat. "Dwellers in Tents." The four= th great caste of the Medes. It was the Struchates of the Greek historians. (1876c1)

$H Tchy.

Chinese. Twelve recu= rrent periods of the cycle of sixty years, represented by animals assigned to t= he twelve months, i.e. the signs of the Chinese Zodiac. They are: November, = the rat; December, the ox; January, the tiger; February, the = rabbit; March, the dragon; April, the= serpent; May, the horse; June, the hare= ; July, the ape; August, the hen; September, the dog; October, the boar. The above are accordingly frequent accessories of desig= ns on porcelain.(1883m1)

$H Tan.

$H Tanagra figures.

$H Tanai. See Danai. (1876c1)

$H Tanakun.

$H Ta-naro. Egypt

$H Ta-na-sa-ta-nasa. = Egypt

$H Tanau. Egypt

$H Tandai.

$H Tanen. Egypt

$H Tanen-Tu. <= /span> Egypt

$H Ta-neter. <= /span>

$H Tangent.

$H Tang‑fish.

$H Tanis. Egypt

$H Tan-te-bast. Egypt

$H Taper. [See Lamp - Editor]

$H Ta-pera. Egypt

$H Tapestry.

$H Ta-phis.

$H Tap-nakhti.

$H Tap-osiris. Egypt

$H Tap-tu. Egypt

$H Tapul. O.E. The perpendicul= ar ridge down the centre of a breastplate.(1883m1)

$H Tapura.

$H Tarakennas.

$H Taraui.

$H Tarba.

$H Tarbizi.

$H Tar‑black.

$H Tarchnas. <= /span>

$H Tarechites.

$H Targe and Target.

--- $H Targe (or Pavoise) Futée. Targe (or Pavoise) Futée, Fr. A shield composed of several pieces, which loosened on being struck, and fell asunder. The Swabian jousters at Maximilian's triu= mph are described (Meyrick, vol. = ii.) as bearing these shields.(1883m1)

$H Targum. Chaldee (lit. interpretation). A paraphrase, or lesson from the Old Testament in the Chaldee language.(1883m1)

$H Tarhulara. [See Tar-khulara - Edi= tor]

$H Tar-hu-nazi.

$H Taric.

$H Taricheutae. Egypt

$H Taricheutes. Egypt

$H Tar-ili-su. Assyria

$H Tariush.

$H Tar-khulara.

$H Tarn.

$H Ta-roten-Pasht. &n= bsp; Egypt [See Ta-roten-sekhet - Editor]

$H Ta-roten-sekhet. &= nbsp; Egypt

$H Tarpaulin.

$H Tar-qu.

$H Tars, Cloth of. <= /span>

$H Tar-su. Etruria

$H Tarsus.

$H Tar-takhi. Chaldaea

$H Tartan. Fr. (not Gaelic). The Highland = plaid, the dress of the Scottish Highlanders, said to be derived from the Celta;= the Galli non braccati.(1883m1)

$H Tartarium.

$H Taru. Egypt

$H Tar-u. Egypt

$H Tar-zi. Syria

$H Tar-zi-hu.

$H Tas. Egypt

$H Ta-schep-en-maut. = Egypt

$H Ta-sche-ra-he. &nb= sp; Egypt

$H Ta-se-en-hes. &nbs= p; Egypt

$H Ta-sen-kno. Egypt

$H Ta-ser. Egypt

$H Ta-se-sert. Egypt

$H Ta-set-ta. Egypt

$H Tashter.

$H Ta-si-ten-hiset. &= nbsp; Egypt

$H Taskhtali. Egypt

$H Tasm.

$H Tasmit. Assyria

$H Tas-nekht. Egypt

$H Taspu. Egypt

$H Tasritu. Assyria

$H Tassel.

$H Tassel‑gentle. &nb= sp;

$H Tasses. Flaps of armour atta= ched to the bottom of the breast‑plate for the protection of the thighs.(1883m1)

$H Tassets.

$H Tassi-guru-bar.= Babylonia

$H Taste.

$H Tat. Egypt

$H Tapul.

O.E. The perpendicul= ar ridge down the centre of a breastplate.(1883m1)

--- $H Targe (or Pavoise) Futée.

Targe (or Pavoise) Futée, Fr. A shield composed of several pieces, which loosened on being struck, and fell asunder. The Swabian jousters at Maximilian's triu= mph are described (Meyrick, vol. = ii.) as bearing these shields.(1883m1)

$H Targum.

Chaldee (lit. interpretation). A paraphrase, or lesson from the Old Testament in the Chaldee language.(1883m1)

$H Tartan.

Fr. (not Gaelic). The Highland = plaid, the dress of the Scottish Highlanders, said to be derived from the Celta;= the Galli non braccati.(1883m1)

$H Tasses.

Flaps of armour atta= ched to the bottom of the breast‑plate for the protection of the thighs.(1883m1)

$H Tawdry.

Showy. The word is said to be derived from Ethelreda torquem, St. Ethelred's necklace, which was composed of rows of twisted lace, an ornament much us= ed by Anglo‑Saxon ladies. (Sto= rmont.)(1883m1)

$H Tawney.

O.E. A deep orange c= olour, used in the Middle Ages as a live= ry colour.(1883m1)

$H Tazza.

It. An ornamental cu= p or vase, with a flat shallow bowl, standing on a foot, and with handles.(188= 3m1)

(Pot.) A cup of the shape indicated in our illustration.= It had a slender foot and two h= andles. ILLUS. tazza(1891a1)

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