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

Rustre, Her. A Lozenge pierced with a circular opening.

Rustred Armour seems to have grown out of the ring armour. It consisted of one row of flat rings about double the usual size, laid half over the other, so that two in the outer partly covered one.

S.

S, as a numeral, was used to represent 7; as an abbreviation it generally means socius or Fellow (of a society); S. P. Q. R., on Roman monuments, stands for senatus, populusque Romanus.

Sabanum, R. (σάβανον). A kind of cloth, towel, or napkin.

Sabaoth, Heb. Armies; hosts of angels. It is also written Zabaoth.

Sabatines, O. E. (1) Steel armour for the feet; 16th century. (2) Slippers, or clogs.

Sabianism. The worship of the heavenly bodies.

Sable. (1) The best and most costly brushes for painting are made from this fur. (2) In Heraldry, the colour black, represented in engraving by crossed lines. (See Fig. [375].)

Sabre, Fr. A curved sword with a broad and heavy blade.