Reliquary, Chr. A portable shrine or casket made to contain relics. A reliquary made to be worn round the neck was called encolpium (ἐν κόλπῳ, in the bosom), phylacterium, &c.; one to be carried processionally, feretrum. (See Feretory, Fig. [307].)
Remarque, Fr. A slight sketch on the margin beneath an etching or engraving, to denote the earliest proof impressions.
Removed, Her. Out of its proper position.
Remuria, R. A Roman festival in honour of Remus, held on the third of the ides of May (13th of May) on the Palatine mount, on the spot where Remus had taken the auspices, and where he was buried.
Renaissance (lit. new-birth or revival). The term is popularly applied to the gradual return to classical principles in Art in the 13th and 14th centuries. The Italian renaissance, begun by Niccola Pisano in architecture and sculpture, and by Giotto in painting, was fostered by the Medici family, and culminated in Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Teutonic art (Flemish, German, and Dutch) had also their periods of revival. It is, however, impossible to indicate their representatives without entering upon debateable questions. Goldsmith’s work, pottery, and other useful arts passed through parallel periods of revival concurrent, or nearly so, with those in painting.
Rengue, Sp. A kind of gauze worn on official robes in Spain.
Reno and Rheno, R. A very short cloak, often made of skins, peculiar to the Gauls and Germans, and adopted by the Roman soldiery.
Repagula, R. (lit. fastening back). A double fastening to a door; of two bolts (pessuli), one of which was shot towards the right, and the other to the left.
Replica. A duplicate of a picture, done by the same painter.
Repose. (See Riposo.)