$H Ter. Egypt

An Egyptian city near to Hermonthis. It was sacred to the goddess Tanentu. (1876c1= )

$H Terah.

A Hebrew patriarch, the grandfather of Abraham. See Tarechites. (1876c1)

$H Tercel.

O.E. The male hawk. = (Shakspeare.)(1883m1)

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

A sequence of three = best cards.(1883m1)

$H Terebinth & Terebintha.

Terebinth. A liquid resinous substance. Essence of terebinth is a hydrocarbonate and is used to dissolve thick matter= s, to clean paint brushes, and to remove the varnish from plates, which have be= en etched.(1891a1)

Terebenthina. Turpentine. (1883m1)

$H Terebra.

R. (tero, to rub or wear away= ).

(1) Any tool used for boring, such as a drill, a gimlet, an auger, &c.

(2) A mechanical ram contrived to pierce the walls of a fortification.(1883m1)

$H Teren-ra. Egypt

An obscure Egyptian monarch, of the XIIIth or XIVth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Terginum.

R. (tergum, the back). A leat= hern lash used for flogging slaves.(1883m1)

$H Terminal Figures.

Terminal Figures. St= atues of the god Terminus. (See TERMINI, HERMAE.)(1883m1)

Terminal figures are busts placed upon stone pillars. Sometimes the stone pillars are terminated by figures down to the waist w= ith or without arms. Sometimes, though rarely, two terminal figures are juxtaposed, the lower limits of the two being replaced by a single pillar. Terminal figures are frequently employed in the decoration of parks and gardens, while pillars surmounted by the upper parts of tritons and naiads ornament grottos and fountains. ILLUS. terminal(1891a1)

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$H Terminalia.

R. Festivals in honour of Terminus the god of boundaries; they took= place yearly on the eighth day of the calends of March (23rd of February), which was the last day of the old Roman year.(1883m1)

$H Termini, Terms.

R. The statues of th= e god TERMINUS, which consisted merely of posts or pillars for landmarks, were crowned with garlands by the proprietors of co‑terminous lands.

"When Tarquin the Proud desired to build a temple to Jupiter upon the Tarpeian rock, he begged all= the inferior divinities to give up the altars they had upon the rock in favour of the master of them all. All the gods chee= rfully consented except Terminus. This Terminus, therefore, who refused to yield= to Jupiter, was chosen by Erasmus for his haughty device, with the motto Cedo nulli. (Mr. Palliser, Historic Devices, &c.) (S= ee Fig. 648.) Fig. 648. Terminus.(1883m1)

$H Terrace.=

(Arch.) In the architecture of gardens a terrace is an elevated walk, rising by steps above the ground in front of it, or a plot= of ground laid out in front of a building, and raised upon a slope above the general level. The term also denotes a horizontal roof, which forms a rai= sed platform above a building. The upper storey of Roman houses, which was called, the solarium, present= s a good example of a terrace of this sort. A wide space with a railing runni= ng round it is also called a terrace, and sometimes the term is applied to a= row of uniform villas. In this last instance the word appears to have lost its true meaning. 2 ILLUS.<= span lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-no-proof:no'> terrace1, terrace2(1891a1)

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$H Terra‑cotta.

It. Baked clay; larg= ely used in architectural ornament.(1883m1)

(Sculp.) This material, whic= h is a baked clay, has always been used by sculptors for = their less important works. Casts of statuettes are made in clay, which is then baked. The process has the advantage of being simple and inexpensive, and= it is well adapted for the reproduction of small works. The most celebrated terra‑cottas known are the Tanagra figures (q.v.).(18= 91a1)

$H Terra da Boccali, It. (See TE= RRA DI LAVA.) (1883m1)

$H Terra di Lava.

It. A clay which was anciently used in combination with charcoal to form a white ground for the reception of oil colours.(1883m1)<= /span>

$H Terra di Siena or Sienna.

Terra di Siena. An ochreous earth producing a yellow and = a deep orange pigment; useful for oil and water‑colou= r painting. (See SIENA.)(1883m1)

Terra di Sienna. (Paint.) A = kind of earth used both in oil and water‑colour painting. It is of a cold yellowish tone, when in its natural state, but when burnt it acquires a warm useful tone. [Burnt Sienna.](1891a1)=

$H Terraglia. (See POTTERY.)<= /span> (1883m1)

$H Terra Nera.

Black earth; an anci= ent pigment.(1883m1)

$H Terra Verde. Painting

Terra= Verde. (See GREEN EARTH.) (1883m1)

(Paint.) A useful and permanent green pigment, which is found in the form of an earth in Cyprus and in Italy. Among its ingredients are silica and oxide of iron.(1891a1)

$H Terre Plen.

(Arch.) A French term applied to a solid mass situated between the two arches of a bridge. Our cut will sufficiently explain its purpose and construction. ILLUS. terreple(1891a1)

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$H Terretta, It.= (See TERRA DI L= AVA.) (1883m1)

$H Terry Velvet.

A kind of silk plush or ribbed velvet.(1883m1)

$H Tertiary Colours.

Tertiary Colours, produced by the mixture of two secondary colours, are greys, inclining to the primary or secondary colour = which is in excess in their composition. (Consult Chevreuil on Colours.)(1883m1)<= /span>

Tertiary colours. (Paint.) Colours are called tertiary when they are produced = by the mixture of a primary and secondary colour, one of the colours being in ex= cess of the others. They are olive, citrine, and russet.(1891a1)

$H Teruncius.

R. A silver coin equ= al in value to one‑fourth of an as.(1883m1)

$H TES-AMEN. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the mother of Hem-bai, a scribe and priest of Amen. (1876c1)

A private Egyptian gentleman. His father's name was Kebu, and his daughter's Ama, which is all that is known respecting him. (18= 76c1)

$H Tes-bast-peru. Egypt

The second wife of Ta= kelot II. of the XXIInd = dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tes-batat. Egypt

The consort of Mert-h= api, the sister of Nechtanebos I. or II. (1876c1)

$H Tesherit. Egypt

The "red land," or region of the Arabian des= ert.(1902b1)

$H Tes-hor. Egypt

The Egyptian name of = Apollinopolis, in Upper Egypt. It was sacred to the d= eity Horus as Har-hut. (1876= c1)

$H Teshr. "Red." Egypt

Teshr. "Red." The Egyptian name for the desert or desert lands generally. (1876c1)

Teshr. The peculiar high gold crown of Lower Egypt, which, when the two kingdoms were united, was general= ly worn by the sovereign together with the Shaa. See Pschent. (1876c1)

$H Tes-kartes. Egypt

An Egyptian proper name, which was the Tisicrates of the Greeks. (1876c1)

$H Tessela.

R. (diminutive of tessera= ). A small cube of stone or marble used for making mosaic pavements (tesselatum opus or tesselata structura).(1883m1)

$H Tesselated pavements= .

Tesselated pavement. Inlaid or mosaic work composed of tesselae. Tesselatum flagrum= . (See FLAGRUM.) Cf. MUSIVUM OPUS. (Consult Buckman and Newmarch, Remains of Roman Art in Cirencester.)(1883m1)

Tesselated pavements. (Arch.) In = Rome pavements = were frequently decorated with elaborate mosaics. Patterns and pictures were m= ade by an artistic arrangement of variously coloured stones. These pavements = are called tesselated, and are to be found wherev= er the Romans pitched their camp. Fine specimens exist in England and have from time = to time been unearthed with the villas of which they formed part. The designs are frequently decorative, but are sometimes pictorial. At Pompeii was found an admirable representation of the battle of Issus, a copy of a celebrated picture by a lady artist named Helena. This, perhaps the most famous= tesselated pavement, is now in the Naples Museum. The best known examples in England are at Brading, in the Isle of Wight, and Bury, in Sussex.(1891a1)

$H Tessera.

(Arch.) A small pebble, or piece of glass or earthenware, used in the making of tesselated pavements.(1= 891a1)

R. (Gr. 6b$@H[=3Dkubos]). A cube= , a die; tesserae, tesserae lusoriae, dice of ivory, bone, or wood; the dice‑box is = fritillus. (Compare TALUS= .) Tessera= hospitalis was an oblong token of wood or earthenware, exchanged among families agre= ed to mutual hospitality. Many of these tokens have the bust of Jupiter Hospitalis impressed; tessera theatralis, a pass to the theatr= e; tessera= militaris (Gr. = Fb<20:"[=3Dsunthema]), a t= ablet on which the watch‑word or war‑cry of the day was written; it was passed about the ranks before joining battle. Tesser= ae frumentariae= or nummariae= , vouchers for bread or money distributed by the magistrates among the poor. (Cf. TESSELA, TALUS, TABULAE.)(1883m1)

$H Testa.

R. A sherd of tiles or pottery, and thence an earthenware vase.(1883m1)

$H Testaceum.

R. (testa). Made of tiles; th= e term was used to denote a roofing or pavement made with the fragments of broken tiles.(1883m1)

$H Tester.

(1) Any flat canopy. The framework over a fou= r‑post bedstead.

(2) A silver coin so= called from the head (teste) of the king upon it. In the reign of Henry VIII. it was worth 12d. and afterwards 6d. French testers= were struck by Louis XII. in 1513, and Scotch under Queen Mary in 1559.(1883m1= )

$H Testière.

Med. Fr. Originally,= mailed armour for a horse's head, subsequently a plate bet= ween the ears on which a crest was fixed. (See CHANFRON.)(1883m1)

$H Testif.

Fr. Camel's hair.(18= 83m1)

$H Testadinatus.=

R. Made in the form = of a TESTUDO (q.v.); the term was applied either to a roof or a ceiling.(1883m= 1)

$H Testoon.

(Numis.) A French coin in circulation in the reign of Louis XII. The term is derived from tête, a head, and was applied to the coin in question because it bore the king's = head upon it. From this was derived the English word tester, meaning a sixpence.(1891a1)

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

R. Made with tortois= e‑shells.(1883m1)

$H Testudo.

R. (testa, a shell).

= (1) A tortoise, and thence a lyre of which the sounding bottom was made out of a tortoise‑shell. =

(2) In Architecture,= an arched ceiling, the four sides of which converge to a centre. =

(3) Testudo arietaria was a movable wooden s= hed covered with skins and containing a battering‑ram (Fig. 574).<= /o:p>

(4) Lastly the term = denoted a kind of defensive roof formed by the shields of soldiers when advancing= to the foot of a rampart (Fig. 649). Fig. 649. Testudo.(188= 3m1)

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$H Teta.

Teta. Another form o= f the name of King Ati, which see. (1876c1)

Teta. The second kin= g of the Ist dynasty. (1876c1)

Teta II. The second king of Dynasty I. Reigned fifty-seven years. He is said to have continued the buildings at M= emphis that were begun by his father, Mena; tradition also assigns some medical works to him.(1902b1)

Teta III. Sixth king of Dynasty III. Reigned nineteen (?) years.(1902b1)

Teta. An u= nplaced king of the VIth dynasty. (1876c1)

Teta I. First king of Dynasty VI., cir. 3503 B.C. His pyramid, Dad-asut, at Sakkâra, exists in a ruined condition.(190= 2b1)

$H Tet-anhur. Egypt

An Egyptian lady who was an assistant in t= he temple of the god Anhur. (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Tet-em-hebi.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Egypt

The secretary of King Rameses XII., who was sent by his master to cure a princess of Bakhtan, but unsuccessfully, as he found that her malady was beyond his skill, she being possessed by a demon. See Bentaresh a= nd Rameses XII. (1876c1)

$H Tet-en-hor. Egypt

The father of Anima, a priest of Anhur. See<= /i> Anima. (1876c1)

$H Tet-hapi. Egypt

A mystical divinity, w= ho is mentioned in the LXIInd chapter of the Rit= ual of the Dead. (1876c1)

$H Teti. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of Sebek-nekht, which see. (1876c1)

An Egyptian official in the XVIIIth dynasty, the fat= her of Pent-uau, who succeeded him in his office. (1876c1)

An Egyptian priest, the son of Antef, a great Egypti= an governor or the nome of Abyd= os, in the XIIth dynasty. See Ant= ef. (1876c1)

$H Teti-hor-noub. Egypt

A choristress = of Amen Ra, the daughter of Sa-ei-nub-eu the pri= est of Amen, and the wife of Pi-en-nun-en-pe the pro= phet of the goddess Month. Her double sarcophagus and mummy are in the Leyden= Museum. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Teti-ma-nefer. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of Empe-ankh, and the mother of H= arsaf, a spondist of Thoth. (1876c1)

$H Tet-pthah-af-ankh. Egypt

A son of Takelot II. of the XXIInd dyna= sty. (1876c1)

$H Tetra‑chordon.=

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'>J,JDV‑P@D*@<[=3Dtetra‑chordon]). Literally, having four strings; hydraulos tetrachordon was a hydraulic organ with four pipes.(1883m1)

$H Tetra‑comus.

Gr. A banquetingR= 09;song sung at the festival of Bacchus during the fourth course (6ä:@H[=3Dkomos]).(1883m1= )

$H Tetra‑doros.

(sc. later), Gr. A peculiar kind of brick described by Vitruvius; it was called f= rom its measuring four hand‑breadths.(1883m1)

$H Tetra‑drachmum.=

Gr. (J,JDV‑*D"P:@<[=3Dtetra‑drachmon]). An Attic silver coin of the value of four drachmae, or about 3s. 3d.(1883m1)

$H Tetra‑foliated.

Arch. Said of any architectural decoration showing four foils.(1883m1)

$H Tetragon.

A plane figure havin= g four angles; a four‑sided figure.(1883m1)

$H Tetragram.

A term denoting the mystic letters, placed in a triangle, which stand for the name of God.(1891a1)

$H Tetrahedron.

A geometrical term, denoting a solid figure, bounded by = four plane sides.(1891a1)

$H Tetra‑morph.

Chr. (Gr. JXFF"D"[=3Dtessara], four; :@DN¬[=3Dmorphe], shape)= . The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists (the angel, eagle, lion, = and ox), in one figure, e.g. as a woman crowned and seated on an animal which, with the body of a horse, has the four heads of the mystic creatures; and= of the four feet one is human, one hoofed for the ox, one clawed like an eagle's, and one like a lion's; underneath is inscribed Animal Ecclesiae.(1883m1)

$H Tetrastyle or Tetra&= #8209;style.

Tetra‑style, G= r. and R. (= J,JDVFJL8@H[=3Dtetrastulos]). Having four columns. (See TEMPLUM.)(1883m1)

Tetrastyle. (Arch.) A temple is s= aid to be tetrastyl= e when its façade is ornamented with four columns.(1891a1)

$H Tetra‑vela.

Lat. "The veils= or curtains placed between the pillars which supported the canopy of the alt= ar, at the sides and in front, and which were drawn round it when the priest = was not officiating." (Fairholt.)(1883m1)

$H Teubani.

The king of the Shuit= es, a Mesopotamian people, who paid tribute to Assurnazi= rpal. (1876c1)

$H Teukros.

A king of Paphos, in the Island of Kypros (Cyprus), who reigned about = the fourth century B.C. (1876c1)

$H Teumman.

The son of Khumba-nips or Humbanigas(?). He succeeded his brother U= rtaki, as king of Elam, cir. B.C. 660. His nephews, fearing that he intended to murder them, fled= to Assur-bani-pal for protection. Teumman sent two officers to demand their surrender. This was refused, the office= rs were imprisoned, and war broke out. Teumman m= et the Assyrian forces at Duran, on the frontier, but retired before them to Shushan, where he was totally routed owing to the defections of his princes, and severely wounded. His son, Tamritu, defended him till both were slain, when their heads were sent to Nineveh, cir. B.= C. 655.(1876c1)

$H Teutonic Order.

A military order of = knights, established in the Holy Land about 119= 1. They first subdued and Christianized Prussia.(1883m1)

$H Tewel.

Arch. (From the Fren= ch tuyau.)= A pipe or flue to convey smoke; it is mentioned by Chaucer:

". . . Soche a smoke gan out wende

Blac= ke, bl= ue and greenish, swartishe, red= e,

As doith<= /span> where that men melte led= e,

Lo! all on hie from the tewell."<= /span>

(House of Fame.)(1883m1= )

$H Textile.

R. (texo, to weave). Woven. Anything capable of being woven.(1883m1)

$H Texture.

In Art, the surface appearance of a represen= tation not of textiles only, but of the other parts of a picture ‑ wood, marble, skin, hair, &c. Gerard Dow excels in texture.(1883m1)

(Paint.) A term applied to the arrangement of neighbouri= ng tones, or different shades of the same colour in alternation or juxtaposition. The secret of the vibration of the greens in Constable's landscapes results from the fact that he gets his effect by a texture of greens of different intensity. In another sense texture denotes the quali= ty of the surface of draperies, &c. Thus we say that an artist is skille= d in rendering textures, when he c= learly marks in his pictures the varying qualities of the surfaces which he represents.(1891a1)

$H Teyma.

An Arabian town near = Djebel Shammar. It was the Tema= of Hebrew writers. (1876c1)

$H Tezcallicopa.=

In Mechoacanese mythology the name of the Great Spirit. (1876c1)

$H Tezpi.

The name given by the Mechoacanese to a mythical patriarch, who, together with his wife and family, escaped = the Deluge by building an ark. (1876c1)