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

Mural Crown (Her.) represents masonry, and is embattled. (See Corona.)

Mural Monument. A tablet fixed to a wall, &c.

Mural Painting. (See Fresco, Tempera, &c.)

Murex, R. (1) A Triton’s horn or conch; (2) murex ferreus, a caltrap, thrown down to hinder the advance of cavalry, its long spikes being so arranged as to pierce into the horses’ feet, and so disable them. (See Caltraps.)

Murrey, O. E. A reddish purple or mulberry colour. The livery of the House of York.

Murrhina, Murrhea, and Myrrhina, R. Murrhine vases; they are spoken of by Pliny, and have given rise to interminable treatises and discussions, with the sole result that no light whatever has been thrown on the nature of these vases.

Murrhine Glass. (See Glass.)

Fig. 473. Walls of Megalopolis.

Murus, R. Walls as defences and fortifications, in contradistinction to paries, the wall of a building. Fig. [473] represents a portion of the walls of Megalopolis. (See Mœnia.)