$H V In mediaeval words V and B occasionally interchange: ‑ as Vanneria for Banneria.

$H Va-anna.

The Turanian n= ame of the early Chaldean king = Bel-samu. (1876c1)

$H Vacerra.

R. (vacca, a cow). An enclosu= re in which cattle were kept.(1883m1)

$H Vach.

Vach. "The Word." A Vedic title of the goddess Sarasvati, as the instrument of visible speech to man. (1876c1)

$H Vacons.    Hindu

Hind. Hindoo genii which figure in the celestial hierarchy immediately after Brahma. T= hey are eight in number, and each of them protects one of the eight regions of the world: Paoulestia is the guardian of the = North or mineral wealth; Ima, god of the dead and t= he infernal regions, is the guardian of the South; Indr= a, god of the ether and the day, the guardian of the East; Pratcheta, god of waters and the ocean, the guardian of the West; Içania, who is looked upon as an incarnation of Siva, is the guardian of the Nort= h‑East; Pavana, king of the winds, the guardian of the North‑West; Agni or Pacava, the god of fire, is the guardian of the South‑East; and Nirouti, the prince of the evil genii, is the guard= ian of the South‑West. (Bosc.)(1883m1)

$H Vadja.

In Vedic literature another name for a liq= uid burnt-offering. (1876c1) [Editor - another is Prayas= itta]

$H Vadra-kali.     Hindu

In Hindu mythology the daughter of the god Siva, who overcame the giant Darida when he f= ought against her father. (1876c1)

$H Vaekereta.

In Zendic myth= ology the sixth resting-place of the Iranians after their exile from Aryanem Vaedjo, which s= ee. It was the birthplace of their great hero Rustem. (1876c1)

$H Vagina.

R. The scabbard of a= sword, made of wood or leather, and generally ornamented with plates and bosses = of metal. (See Fig. 44.)(1883m1)

$H Vahakn.

An Armenian warlike deity. He was adopted = from the Chaldean god Nergal<= /span>, or Ninip. (1876c1)

$H Vahaku.

The son of Tigranes, king of Armenia. He was a faithful ally of Darius Hystaspes, whereupon his subjects wished to drive him from the throne. In the end the insurgents were defeated, and Vahaku firmly established in his kingdom by the king of Persia. (1876c1)=

$H Vahyazdata.

A Persian chief who claimed to have been <= span class=3DSpellE>Smerdis, the son of Cyrus. He raised a revolt again= st Darius Hystaspes, but in vain, for he was def= eated by the Persian general Artavardes, and sent a prisoner to Darius, who mutilated and crucified him. (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Vails.

(from Vale, farewell!). Fees to servants from parting guests.(1883m= 1)

$H Vair.    Heraldry

The fur of the squir= rel, much worn in state costumes of the 14th century. In Heraldry ‑ one = of the furs ‑ represented as a series of small shields placed close together, alternately blue and white.(1883m1)

(Her.) One of the furs employed in heraldry. It consists= of a series of small bells, upright and inverted, arranged in rows. All the upright bells are of one tincture and so arranged that their bases rest on the bases of the inverted bells which are all of another tincture, wherea= s in counter‑vair (q.v.) inverted and upright bells of the same tincture are placed base to base. ILLUS. vair(1891a1)

$H Vaisyvas.     Hindu

The merchant caste of the Hindus, said to = have been created from the thighs of Brahma. (1876c1)

$H Vaiteh I.

The king of the Arabs and son of Khazael, who had sent tribute to Esar-haddon. He succeeded his father, and was confirmed on the throne by Esarhaddon, king of Assyria<= /st1:place>, to whom he had sent his submission. The other Arabian chiefs conspired against him, and set up an usurper named Wabu= as an opponent. Upon that Vaiteh implored the help = of the Assyrians, who defeated the insurgents, and carried = Wabu captive to Nineveh. Despite these services Vaiteh joined the revo= lt of Saul-mugina against Assu= r-bani-pal, together with his queen, Adiya, and Ammuladi, king of Kedar= . Half of his forces he despatched to Saul-mugina, under Abiyateh = and Aimu, the sons of Tebar= ; with the other half he overran Edom, Ammon, Hauran, Moab, and Zobah. Here he was defeated, and fled to Nathan, of Nabathea, who gave him up to Assur-bani-pal. The Arabs then elected his nephew <= span class=3DSpellE>Vaiteh II., king in his place. (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Vaiteh II.

The son of Bir-Dadda<= /span>, and nephew of Vaiteh I., whom the Arabs elected king= in the place of his uncle, Vaiteh I. Abiyateh, who had been sent to help Saul-mugina, after a vain attempt to cut his way through= the Assyrian camp round Babylon, surrendered, and offered to take service und= er Assur-bani-pal. The latter proclaimed him king of <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Arabia; and he agreed with V= aiteh II. to share the government together. He induced Nathan, king of Nabathea, also to join the insurrection, but direct= ly the war began in earnest they were compelled to retreat; the Arabians wanted water, and could not readily engage but in a succession of small battles.= The Assyrians therefore drove them through the desert to Khadatta, Laribda, and Aialla, 600 or 700 miles from Nineveh. The Nabatheans were defeated fifty miles from= Aialla, and Vaiteh fort= y miles beyond. After returning to Damascus, the Assyrian army again marched into Arabia, defeating and capturing Abiyateh and his brother Aimu<= /span>, who were sent to Nineveh and flayed alive. (1876c1)

$H Valance and Valenced.

Valance. Drapery hangings for furniture, cornices, &c.; hence ‑ Valenced.= Fringed with a beard. (Shakespeare.)(1883m1)

$H Valencia Pottery.

M. Jacquemart considers this the most ancient and the true centre of the ceramic fabrication in Spa= in, carried back by tradition to the Roman domination. On the conquest of Spain from the Moors the Saracen potters= of Valencia= were protected by special charter. Fig. 678 is an illustration of the gil= ded ware for which Val= encia is famous. Fig. 678. Gilded Vase of Valentia, with votive inscription.(1883m1)

$H Va= lenciennes.

The date of the intr= oduction of the manufacture of this lace is unknown, although it existed before the time of Louis XIV., under whose reign it flourished and reached its climax between 1725 and 1780. Valenciennes lace is made entirely on the pillow, of simple combinations, with one kind of thread f= or the pattern and for the ground. (See engraving.) No lace is so expensive = to make from the number of bobbins required. The flax used is of the finest quality, so fine that the lace‑makers worked in underground cellars= to keep their work from the air, and scarcely completed an inch and half of = lace in a day. Fig. 679. Valenciennes.(1883m1)

$H Valendar Clay.

A kind of potter's c= lay from Nassau. (Simmonds.)(1883m1)

$H Valet.

O.E. (Med. Lat. valeti)= . Sons of the nobility and of knights bore this title, until they acquired the military belt. (Meyrick.)(1883m1)

$H Valle Cypre.

A silk mourning crap= e, called also Bologna crape.(1883m1)

$H Valley.    Architecture

(Arch.) The angle formed by the intersection of two roofs inclined in opposite directions. ILLUS. valley(1891a1)

$H Valli.

The son of Ahsera, king of Minni. On the murder of his father an= d family by his indignant subjects, he ascended the throne and made peace with Assyria, sending his eldest son, Erisinni, wi= th an embassy to Nineveh for that purpose. Assurbanipal, who had alrea= dy subjugated nearly the whole of Minni, accepte= d his submission, demanding the daughter of Valli f= or his harem, and an annual tribute of thirty horses, which conditions were at o= nce granted. (1876c1)

$H Vallum.

Gr. and R. (vallus,= a stake). A palisade made with strong branches of trees, which was placed on the top of the embankment (agger) surrounding a camp.(1883m1)

$H Value.    Painting

(Paint.) Value is the force or importance of any given t= int or local hue in any given condition of distance and atmosphere. Thus a ti= nt of orange becomes modified in the value of the orange as it recedes into bluish, greyish, or yellowish atmosphere, and the value of the local colo= ur of flesh is always affected by change, as the surface is acted upon by the light at different angles. To put it briefly, value is the modification of colours by the action of light, air, and distance.(1891a1)

$H Val-saggatu. "Temple of the Lofty Head"   &nbs= p;

Another form of the name of the temple at = Babylon, which w= as also called Bit-saggatu. (1876c1)

$H Valvae.

R. (Gr. F"<\H[=3Dsanis]). Foldin= g doors or shutters; synonym of FORES.(1883m1)

$H Val-zida.

The Chaldean n= ame of the great temple of Bel at Babylon. See also Bit-zida. (1876c1)<= /o:p>

$H Vaman.     Hindu

In Hindu mythology the third incarnation of the god Vishnu, in the form of a dwarf. (1876c1)

$H = Vambrace.

(Fr. avant bras). The ancie= nt BRACHIALE, the covering of the lower arm, from the elbow to the wrist. Originally it covered only the outside of the arm, but afterwards was made like a sleeve of iron. (Cf. REREBRACE.) Fig. 680. Vambrace.(18= 83m1)

$H Vamp.

Upper leathers for s= hoes. In Russia and the East they are richly embroidered.(1883m1)

$H Vampire.    <= /h1>

A monster of mediaev= al iconography. A well‑known example is the one which decorates the an= gle of one of the towers in Paris Cathedral.(1883m1)

$H = Vamplate.

(Fr. avant plaque). A guard of metal over the handle of a tilting&#= 8209;lance.(1883m1)

$H Van.

(from Fr. avant).= Of an army, the front.(1883m1)

$H Vandalism.

The destruction or ruin of works of art. The term was originally applied to the destruction of works of art by the Vandals, a German people who laid waste Rome, Gaul, Spain, and Africa in the first centuries of t= he Christian era. The expression is now used generally to denote any action whereby art suffers. For instance the useless or clumsy restoration of a picture is an act of vandalism.(1891a1)

$H Vandyke‑brown.  &nb= sp;

A pigment of a fine,= deep, semi‑transparent brown colour obtained = from peat.(1883m1)

$H Vane.    [See Fane - Editor]

$H Vanishing Point.

In perspective. (See= POINT OF SIGHT.)(1883m1)

The vanishing point in a picture is that point in which = all the imaginary lines in the perspective converge. ILLUS. vanishin= (1891a1)

$H Vannerie.    Fr. Basket‑work.(1883m1)

$H Vannus.

R. A winnowing‑= ;van; i.e. a broad flat basket used for winnowing the chaff from the corn. It w= as among the agricultural symbols borne in the processions of Ceres. A sculp= ture in the British Museum represents the infant Bac= chus riding in such a basket in the hands of a pair of dancing bacchantes.(188= 3m1)

$H Vantbrace.    (See VAMBRACE.) (1883m1)

$H Vanth.     Etruria

The Etruscan angel of death, who was gener= ally represented as a maiden, with cap and wings, and a huge key. She urged Akhle (Akhilles) to sla= y the Truials (or Trojans), and on the sarcophagus of Chiusi the goddess is depicted opening the doors of= the tomb. (1876c1)

$H Vapourous.    Painting

(Paint.) Enveloped in vapour, cloudy, undecided. Thus we speak of vapourous tones, or say that a dista= nce is vapourous when it seems bathed in atmospheric vapour.(1891a1)

$H Vaquero.    <= /h1>

Sp. A jacket worn by= women and children.(1883m1)

$H Vardingale.

O.E. The farthingale or <= span class=3DSpellE>hooped petticoat of Elizabeth's reign, fig. 681.

"Supporters, postures, farthingales,<= /p>
Above the loins to wear,<= /o:p>

That, be she ne'er so slender,= yet

She cross‑like seems four square."

(Warner, in Albion's England.)<= /p>
Fig. 681. Farthin= gale, temp. Elizabeth.(1883m1)

$H Varena.

In Zendic myth= ology the thirteenth resting-place of the Iranians after their exile from Aryanem Vaedjo, which s= ee. It was the district now called D= emavend. After that they entered Irania, or Persia proper.(1876c1)

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

(Her.) The field of an escutcheon may be either of one tincture, as gules, argent, &c., or it may be co= vered with a pattern by means of a repetition upon its surface of one of the ordinaries; in the latter case it is said to be a varied field. Thus, for example, if a shield were divided int= o a number of partitions by a succession of pales, the varied field known as paly would be formed, and the shield would be blazoned (say) paly of six argent and azure. Other frequently recurring examples of vari= ed fields are: bendy, barry, = barry‑bendy, gyronny, lozengy, compony, fretty (q.v.).(1891a1)

$H Varnish.    <= /h1>

Varnish. A resinous substance dissolved in alcohol, used= by painters. The quality of the varnish and the moment at which it is put on demand the utmost care on the part of the painter who is anxious for his = work to be lasting. Before varnishing a picture, the artist should wait for it= to be perfectly dry. However, examples are often quoted of pictures being successfully varnished when they are only just finished, and when the pai= nt upon them is still wet. In this case the canvas is placed in a horizontal position and a liquid varnish is passed over it. This method of varnishin= g, though in some cases it has preserved pictures, is dangerous and not to be recommended.(1891a1)

Varnishes are made by dissolving resins or gum̴= 9;resins in alcohol, ether, &c., so that as the spirit evaporates the varnish dries down into a transparent film; varnishes are co= loured with aloes, annotto, cochineal, dragon's bloo= d, gamboge, indigo, red saunders<= /span>, saffron, or turmeric. Amber varni= sh is hardest and most durable in colour, but dr= ies very slowly. Animé varnish dries quickly, but is l= iable to crack, and deepens in colour with exposure= to the air. Copal ranks next to = amber in durability, and the varnish becomes lighter by exposure; the best copal varnishes are slow in drying unless mixed with anim&= eacute;. Mastic is a favourite spirit varnish used as a picture varnish and for delicate works of a pale= colour. Damar mixed with mastic makes an appropriate varnish f= or maps and similar work. The qualities to be sought in varnishes for a pain= ting are that they should resist damp, exclude air, and not injure the colour. (See also ITALIAN VARNISH, STRASBURG TURPEN= TINE, &c.)(1883m1)

--- $H Varnish, Lac.  &nb= sp;

A solution of gum lac in alc= ohol, used as a ground and also to dilute the oil colours in the process of gilding.(1891a1)

--- $H Varnish, Picture.

A varnish consisting of mastic, camphor, and Venetian terebinth. A solution of camphor and copal is also = used as a varnish for pictures.(1891a1)

$H Varnishing day.=

A day appointed some few days previous to the opening of= an exhibition of pictures at the Academy, or elsewhere on which artists are admitted to varnish their pictures. This varnishing is sometimes quite necessary, as pictures often leave the studio too fresh to be touched with varnish.(1891a1)

$H Varsarmi.

The king of Tubal, a small Syrian state, which paid tribute to Tiglath Pileser II. See Hulli. (1876c1)

$H Varshaly.

Among the Todas the title of the village priest. (1876c1)

$H Varu-dasa-rabbi.     Hindu

In Hindu mythology the goddess of the eart= h. (1876c1)

$H Varuna.

The Vedic name of the Supreme Being as the Deity of the visible heaven, from whence originated the Ouranos of the Greeks. His attributes were often confused with those of Indra and the other deities. (1876c1)

$H Vas.

Vas. A Nabathean desert which was crossed by the army of Assurbanipal= in the war with Vaiteh II. and Abiyateh. (1876c1)

Vas. A town in Nabath= ea, which was the birthplace of Aikamaru, the mur= derer of the Nabatheans, in the reign of Assurbanipal. (1876c1)

$H Vas and Vase.

Vas, R. A vase. Any = kind of vessel, e.g. Vasa Corinthia, Vasa Deliaca= , Vasa Samia, Murrhina, &c. The manufacture and ornamentation of vases was one of the most important branches of Classical Art. Illustrations of vases are found in = this work under:

Acratophorum 7

Amphora 20

<= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Arezzo<= /span> Vase 37

Aryballos= 46

Bifrons 85

Cantharus 132

Cylix 232<= /span>

Ecuelle 278

Egyptian<= /span> 279<= /span>

Funeral Urn 340

Hydria 391

Chinese Vase 406

Lecythus 422

<= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Nuremberg<= /st1:place> 491

Oinochoe 498

Valentia 678(1883m1)

Vase. A vessel, generally of earthenware, used among the ancients for holding liquids, and for both domestic and sacrificial purpo= ses. The various forms assumed by vases among the Greeks have been described u= nder their various headings in the "Dictionary." Ornamental vases of various materials, and of all sorts and sizes, are used for architectural= and decorative purposes. For instance, large vases of marble or bronze, either carved or chased, are used in the decoration of gardens. On the summit of= a building, on the ends of a pediment, or at the angle of a balustrade, a decorative vase of stone is frequently found. These decorative vases were particularly popular at the Renaissance and in the 17th and 18th centurie= s. In some buildings they are found of considerable dimensions and are surro= unded with groups of children, and sometimes they are crowned with flames and smoke. 2 ILLUS. vase1, vase2(1891a1)

       &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;      <= span style=3D'mso-no-proof:no'>

--- $H Vases.    Egypt

Vases. The Egyptians used different kinds = of stone for making bowls, jugs, and other vases, which were destined to hold the liquids and other substances offered to the gods, or were otherwise employed for religious or private purposes. The principal materials used = for this purpose were granite, basalts, serpentine, and alabaster, or arragonite, which was a kind of stalagmite, of great beauty of a creamy-white colour, and more extensively employed than any other material, especially for vases of the toilet. The kind in use at the earliest period of the Vth and VIth dynasties was plain, and of one unif= orm layer; but about the XXVth dynasty a zoned arragonite of yellow colour, and many layers, came into use. The principal shapes of the vases were a hemispherical vase, with wide open mouth, for holding wine; cylindrical v= ases with wide rims for holding unguents or oils; an elongated vase with point= ed foot, also for holding unguents or perfumes; a vase with cylindrical body, large flat lips, and mouth, often employed for holding cosmetics; and vas= es in shape of the wine-jugs, the Greek olpe or the oinochoe, the two-handled amphora, and drop-shaped alabastros, circular and oval basins and vases of irregular shapes. On many of these alabaster vases the name of the monarc= h in whose reign they were made, of the person in whose tomb they were deposit= ed, and even the amount of their capacity, or their dedication for sepulchral= use was incised in Hieroglyphs. The alabaster vases appear to have been highly prized. They had covers of the same material, and were used only for dome= stic purposes by the upper classes. So much were they esteemed, that they were exported from Egypt, and the names of Persian monarchs (notably Xerxes) h= ave been found in Hieroglyphs and Cuneiform characters upon them, while vases apparently of Egyptian material, if not of Egyptian fabric, have been discovered in the early tombs of Asia Minor, Greece, and the isles of the Archipelago. Besides alabaster and stone, the Egyptians used a kind of porcelain or fayence composed of a white sand, slightly fused, glazed by lead, silica, or soda, and covered with a coloured gauze or enamel for vases: they also emplo= yed a whitish steatite for the same purpose, which, when carved of the required shape, was covered with a frit or glaze, and then sent to the furnace and fused. Porcelain vases were principally of a blue or green colour, and made chiefly in the shape of basins or = bowls, or tall cups on a stand or stem; the whole in shape of the flower of a water-plant. Some were employed for perfumes or unguents, and had a flat slightly convex body, and a small neck, like the flower of the papyrus, o= ften supported at the sides by two sitting apes. Others were cylindrical, resembling unguent-vases. The bowls and basins were frequently ornamented with figures of persons, animals, water-plants, and other subjects. Small vases in the shape of animals for the toilet were made also of porcelain, traced in a dark outline. Some of these objects were inlaid, or g-lazed in various colours; and yellow, violet, white, a= nd other colours, are found to have been so empl= oyed. The use of porcelain was certainly as old as the XVI= IIth dynasty, when the blue colour came into use; = but at the period of the XXVIth dynasty a pale apple= -green coloured ware came into use, and continued ti= ll the time of the Greek and Roman rule, when jugs in the shape of the oinochoe, or wine-bottle, ornamented with figures in relief, were fabricated, and bore incised inscriptions with the name of the reigning monarch. It was not uncommon, as appears from the fragments discovered at the Sarabut el Khadem, near Mount = Sinai, to place the name of the ruling monarch on the porcelain vases which were used in the palaces or temples. Like the alabaster vases, those of porcel= ain were exported, and are found in the same distant localities, whither they= had been carried by trade or other intercourse. They are found in the tombs w= ith other sepulchral furniture. The beautiful blue colou= r of the vitrified ware is due to the use of copper. The vases of stone and porcelain had often disk-shaped or convex covers fitting into the mouth. (Birch.) (1876c1)

$H Vasus.     Hindu

In Hindu mythology certain deities created= by Indra out of the elements of nature. Of these there= were eight. (1876c1)

$H Vatillum.    (See BATILLUM.) (1883m1)

$H Vault.    Architecture

(Arch.) An arrangement of stones or bricks describing an= arc of a circle of varying breadth and thickness.(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Annular.  &= nbsp;

A vault built upon a circular or elliptic plan. In either case the annular vault has for its point of support a detached pier and a vertical, circular, or elliptic face.(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Barrel.  &n= bsp; [See Barrel‑vaul= t.] (1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Conical.  &= nbsp;

A vault of a circular plan, which is formed by a right&#= 8209;angled triangle turning round one of the sides of the right angle as its axis.(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Demi‑cupola.

A vault the arched portion of which is a quarter of a sphere. Apses and the east ends of chapels are sometimes terminated by demi‑cupola vaults. ILLUS. vaultdem= (1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Groined.  &= nbsp; [See Groined Vault.] (= 1891a1)

--- $H Vault in Calotte.

A vault resembling a spherical calotte. The majority of cupolas, for instance, may be described as vaults in calotte. These vaults are also called spherical vaults. When the outline of the vault is an ellipse, it is called a spheroid vault. ILLUS. vaultinc= (1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Pointed.  &= nbsp;

A vault the curve of which is bounded by pointed arches. Some authors give the name of pointed vault to vaults composed of transve= rse ribs, wall ribs, and pendentives. ILLUS. vaul= tpoi(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Rampant.  &= nbsp;

A vault of which the two springing points are not in the same horizontal line. To strengthen the steps in a staircase rampant arch= es are sometimes built, resting upon piers of unequal height. ILLUS. vaul= tram(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Semicircular.

A vault the curve, of which is determined by a semicircle.(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Skew.  &nbs= p;

A vault the lateral surfaces of which are not at right angles to its piers. This vault is rarely employed in buildings, but is frequently seen in viaducts. When two roadways, situated at different lev= els do not meet at a right angle, to establish communication between the two = portions of the road placed at the greatest height, a skew vault must he built. The masonry of these vaults is very complicated. ILLUS. vaultske= (1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Spherical.

A term applied to a vault or cupola in the form of a hol= low hemisphere.(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Surbased.

A vault the height of which is less than the radius of i= ts curve.(1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Surmounted.

A vault the height of which is greater than the radius of its curve.(1891a1)

$H Vaulting shaft.=     Architecture

(Arch.) A term applied in Gothic architecture to thin, delicate pillars.(1891a1)

$H Vaunt‑brace, O.E., or Warn‑brace.    Armour = for the body.(1883m1)

$H V In mediaeval words V and B occasionally interchange: ‑ as Vanneria for Banneria.

$H Va-anna.

$H Vacerra.

$H Vach.

$H Vacons. Hindu

$H Vadja.

$H Vadra-kali. Hindu

$H Vaekereta.

$H Vagina. R. The scabbard of a= sword, made of wood or leather, and generally ornamented with plates and bosses = of metal. (See Fig. 44.)(1883m1)

$H Vahakn.

$H Vahaku.

$H Vahyazdata.

$H Vails.

$H Vair. Heraldry

$H Vaisyvas. Hindu

$H Vaiteh I.

$H Vaiteh II.

$H Valance and Valenced.

$H Valencia Pottery.

$H Va= lenciennes.

$H Valendar Clay.

$H Valet. O.E. (Med. Lat. valeti)= . Sons of the nobility and of knights bore this title, until they acquired the military belt. (Meyrick.)(1883m1)

$H Valle Cypre.

$H Valley. Architecture

$H Valli.

$H Vallum.

$H Value. Painting

$H Val-saggatu. "Temple of the Lofty Head" &nbs= p;

$H Valvae.

$H Val-zida.

$H Vaman. Hindu

$H = Vambrace.

$H Vamp.

$H Vampire. <= /h1> A monster of mediaev= al iconography. A well‑known example is the one which decorates the an= gle of one of the towers in Paris Cathedral.(1883m1)

$H = Vamplate.

$H Van.

$H Vandalism.

$H Vandyke‑brown. &nb= sp;

$H Vane. [See Fane - Editor]

$H Vanishing Point.

$H Vannerie. Fr. Basket‑work.(1883m1)

$H Vannus.

$H Vantbrace. (See VAMBRACE.) (1883m1)

$H Vanth. Etruria

$H Vapourous. Painting

$H Vaquero. <= /h1> Sp. A jacket worn by= women and children.(1883m1)

$H Vardingale.

$H Varena.

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

--- $H Varnish, Lac. &nb= sp;

--- $H Varnish, Picture.

$H Varnishing day.=

$H Varsarmi.

$H Varshaly.

$H Varu-dasa-rabbi. Hindu

$H Varuna.

$H Vas.

$H Vas and Vase.

--- $H Vases. Egypt

$H Vasus. Hindu

$H Vatillum. (See BATILLUM.) (1883m1)

$H Vault. Architecture

--- $H Vault, Annular. &= nbsp;

--- $H Vault, Barrel. &n= bsp; [See Barrel‑vaul= t.] (1891a1)

--- $H Vault, Conical. &= nbsp;

--- $H Vault, Demi‑cupola.

--- $H Vault, Groined. &= nbsp; [See Groined Vault.] (= 1891a1)

--- $H Vault in Calotte.

--- $H Vault, Pointed. &= nbsp;

--- $H Vault, Rampant. &= nbsp;

--- $H Vault, Semicircular.

--- $H Vault, Skew. &nbs= p;

--- $H Vault, Spherical.

--- $H Vault, Surbased.

--- $H Vault, Surmounted.

$H Vaulting shaft.= Architecture

$H Vaunt‑brace, O.E., or Warn‑brace. Armour = for the body.(1883m1)

$H Vagina.

R. The scabbard of a= sword, made of wood or leather, and generally ornamented with plates and bosses = of metal. (See Fig. 44.)(1883m1)

$H Valet.

O.E. (Med. Lat. valeti)= . Sons of the nobility and of knights bore this title, until they acquired the military belt. (Meyrick.)(1883m1)

$H Vampire. <= /h1>

A monster of mediaev= al iconography. A well‑known example is the one which decorates the an= gle of one of the towers in Paris Cathedral.(1883m1)

$H Vaquero. <= /h1>

Sp. A jacket worn by= women and children.(1883m1)