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

Rebated. Turned back, as the head of a Morne or jousting-lance.

Rebato, Sp. The turn-down collar of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Rebec, Sp. A musical instrument of three strings, tuned in fifths, and played with a bow like a fiddle. It was originally introduced into Spain by the Moors.

Rebiting. A process of renewing the lines of a worn-out plate, by etching them over again; a difficult and delicate operation, which is rarely performed with entire success.

Fig. 577. Rebus (Prior Bolton). The Bolt and Tun.

Rebus, Her. An allusive charge or device. A ton or tun pierced by a bird-bolt is in the church of Great St. Bartholomew, of which Prior Bolton was the last prior.

“Prior Bolton

With his bolt and tun.”

(Ben Jonson.)