Fig. 281. Lamp in blue enamelled earthenware. Egyptian.
Eikon, Gr., or Icon, Lat. An image; hence iconoclasts or image-breakers.
Eileton, Chr. (from εἴλω, to wind or fold). The cloth on which the elements are consecrated in the Eucharist. “The eileton represents the linen cloth in which the body of Christ was wrapped when it was taken down from the cross and laid in the tomb.” (Germanus).
Eisodos, Chr. A ceremony of the Greek Church, of two parts. (1) The bearing into the church in procession of the book of the Gospels is called the Lesser Entrance. (2) A similar bearing in of the elements of the Eucharist is called the Greater Entrance.
Elæolite (lit. oil-stone). A mineral having a fatty resinous lustre.
Elæothesium, Gr. and R. A room in a suite of baths where oils, perfumes, and essences were kept, and the bathers were anointed and rubbed.
Elaphebolia, Gr. Athenian festivals held in the month called Elaphebolion, or the ninth month of the year, when a stag (ἔλαφος) was sacrificed to Diana.
Elbow-gauntlet. A long gauntlet of plate armour, adopted from the Asiatics in the 16th century.
Elbow-pieces (Fr. coudières). Plate armour to cover the joint at the elbow.
Elbows, Mod. (Fr. accoudoirs). The divisions between the stalls in a church, also called by the French “museaux,” from the fact of their ends being ornamented with an animal’s head.