Reflected Lights thrown by an illuminated surface into the shadows opposed to it, modify the Local Colour of every object that we observe in nature, and should accordingly be made to do so in painting.
Reflexed, Reflected, Her. Curved and carried backwards.
Refraction is the diversion of a ray of light which occurs when it falls obliquely on the surface of a medium differing in density from that through which it had previously moved. The differently-coloured rays have different degrees of refrangibility. Refraction is the cause of the phenomena of the mirage, Fata Morgana, &c., and presents to us the light of the sun before his actual emergence above the horizon.
Fig. 579. Regals or Portable Organ.
Regal or Regals, O. E. (1) A small portable organ, with single or double sets of pipes (the attribute of St. Cecilia, and of saints and angels of the heavenly choir). The illustration (Fig. [579]) of an angel playing the regals, is taken from an ancient MS. (2) A kind of harmonica, with sonorous slabs of wood.
Fig. 580. Regalia. Grand Duke of Tuscany in state costume, with crown and sceptre, &c.
Regalia. The ensigns of royalty. The regalia of England are the crown, sceptre, verge or rod with the dove, St. Edward’s staff, the orb or mound, the sword of mercy called Curtana, the two swords of spiritual and temporal justice, the ring of alliance with the kingdom, the armillæ or bracelets, the spurs of chivalry, and some royal vestments; and are kept in the Jewel Office in the Tower of London. The Scottish insignia, a crown, a sceptre, and a sword of state, are kept in the Crown-room at Edinburgh. The illustration shows the regalia and state vestments of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the 16th century. (Fig. [580].)
Regifugium, R. (lit. flight of the king). An annual festival held on the sixth day of the calends of March (24th of February), in commemoration of the flight of Tarquin and the establishment of the Roman republic.