An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology / Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.

by John W. Mollett

Lancet Arch. A pointed arch, obtuse at the point, resembling a surgeon’s lancet, from which a style of architecture, common in England in the 13th century, is named. (Fig. [417].) (See Early English Architecture.)

Fig. 418. Lancula.

Lancula, R. (dimin. of Lanx). The scale which was placed, when necessary, at one of the ends of a Roman steelyard (statera). (Fig. [418].)

Landgrave (Germ. Land, Graf). A title given to those Counts of Germany who take their rank from a large tract of land. The first Landgraves were those of Thuringia, Hesse, Alsace, and Leuchtenberg.

Langue-de-bœuf, Fr. A blade fixed to a pikestaff; named after its shape.

Langued, Her. To denote the tincture of an animal’s tongue.

Laniarium, Laniena, R. (lanius, a butcher). A slaughter-house or butcher’s shop.

Laniers, O. E. Leather straps for various uses; as armlets to a shield, or as garters or bands, &c.

Lanipendia, R. (lana, wool, and pendere, to weigh). A woman whose duty it was to weigh the wool for spinning, and distribute it among the slaves for their daily tasks.