Anthropomorphic. Man-shaped; said for example of the character of the Greek Religion, whose gods and demi-gods were only ideal men, from which circumstance the representation of the human form became the first object of their plastic art.
Antia. The iron handle of a shield.
Antiæ, R. The ringlets of hair worn by men and women which hung about the ears and the temples.
Antick. Strange, irregular, or fantastic in composition.
Antilena, R. An appliance attached to the pack-saddle of a beast of burden. It was a broad strap passing in front of the animal’s breast so as to prevent the saddle from slipping backwards. It was employed especially in mountainous districts.
Antimensium, Chr. A consecrated altar cloth.
Antimony. The oxide of this metal is employed in the preparation of yellow pigments for enamel or porcelain painting. Glass is coloured yellow by antimony. (See Naples, Guimet’s Yellows.)
Antipendium, Chr. (See Antependium.)
Antiphoner, Chr. An antiphonarium; a book of responses set to music.
Antique. Pertaining to ancient Greek or Roman art: more freely used in recent times to describe the quality of ancient art in general, but properly applicable only to classical art.