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

Sling. (See Balea, Funda.)

Slipped, Her. Pulled or torn off.

Smalt. A vitreous substance coloured by cobalt, used for painting on china, not being affected by fire. It makes also a bad pigment in water-colour painting, and is largely used for giving a blue tinge to writing-paper, linen, &c. (See Cobalt.)

Smalti, It. Cubes of coloured glass applied in the modern Mosaics.

Snail, Chr. In Christian iconography the snail is an emblem of sloth and of the resurrection.

Snood (A.S. snôd). A head-band for ladies, of the Anglo-Saxon period, similar to that now used by young unmarried women in Scotland.

Soapstone. (See Steatite.)

Socculus. Diminutive of soccus.

Soccus, Gr. and R. A slipper worn in Greece both by men and women, but at Rome by women only. It was worn by actors upon the stage.

Socle, Arch. A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal to a column; or a plinth round the bottom of a wall.