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

Mogul Architecture is that of the buildings erected in the reigns of the Mogul emperors, kings of Delhi, from A. D. 1531 to the present century.

Moilon (Fr. moellon), Arch. Rubble-masonry.

Mokador, Mocket, O. E. A napkin, handkerchief, or bib.

“Goo hom, lytyl babe, and sytt on thi moderes lap,

And put a mokador aforn thi brest,

And pray thi modyr to fede the with the pappe.”

(Twentieth Coventry Mystery.)

Fig. 466. Mola versatilis.

Mola, R. (molo, to grind). A mill; mola manuaria, a hand-mill; mola buxea, a box-wood mill, or mill for grinding pepper; mola aquaria, a water-mill; mola asinaria, a mill worked by a beast of burden; mola versatilis, a grindstone (Fig. [466] represents Love sharpening his arrows, from an engraved gem); mola olearia, a mill for crushing olives.