Rule all England under the hogge.” (1484.)
Low Side-window, Arch. A peculiar small window found in many churches near the west end of the chancel, and very near the ground. It was never glazed, but closed with wooden or iron gratings. Its object has never been ascertained. Most of the examples are of the 13th or 14th century. (See Archæological Journal, vol. iv. p. 314.)
Low Sunday, Chr. The Sunday next after Easter.
Lozenge. In Heraldry, the diamond-shaped figure used for a shield to display the arms of spinsters and widows. The lozenge is always placed upright on the shield, and its true proportions are as 5 to 4. (See Mascle.)
Lozenge Moulding or Lozenge Fret. An ornament used in Norman architecture, presenting the appearance of diagonal ribs, enclosing diamond-shaped panels.
Lozenges. A term in wood-engraving for a class of fine gravers used for outlines and very fine shading.
Fig. 434. Shield of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent.
Lozengy, Her. A field divided lozenge-wise. (Fig. [434].)
Lucariæ, R. Festivals instituted at Rome to commemorate the refuge which the Roman army had once found in a wood (lucus) between the Via Salaria and the left bank of the Tiber. At the time of the invasion of the Gauls in the year 365 B.C., the Roman army would have been entirely cut to pieces but for this refuge.