Dance of the Corybantes. (See Corybantica.)
Dance of Death, Danse Macabre, Chr. Paintings, illuminations, or sculptures in bas-relief, representing men dancing under the eye of Death, who presides at this dance. In some instances the performers are skeletons and corpses. The most celebrated Dance of Death was that painted in fresco by Holbein in the cloister of the Dominicans at Basle. It has been destroyed by fire, but the etching-needle has preserved it for us. Other examples that may be named are, that in the new church at Strasburg, that of Lucerne, that in the palace at Dresden, and—most ancient of all—that at Minden, in Westphalia, which dates from 1380.
Dancette, Arch. The chevron or zigzag moulding peculiar to Norman architecture. (See Chevron.)
Dangu Faience. Pottery from a manufactory near Gisors in France, established in 1753.
Daphnephoria (δάφνη, a laurel). A festival held in honour of Apollo every ninth year at Thebes, in which the assistants carried laurel branches.
Dara, Ind. A kind of tambourine.
Darabukkeh. An Egyptian drum, unaltered from ancient times.
Daric Money. A Persian gold coin, stamped on one side with the figure of an archer kneeling, and on the other with a deep cleft, and to which the name of Daric money has been given by numismatists. Its proper name is the Stater of Dareius I., king of Persia. Its value is about 1l. 1s. 10d.
Darned Netting (needlework). (See Lacis.)
Datatim ludere, R. To play with a ball (“catch-ball”).