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

Stoup, Chr. A small niche with a basin, at the entrance of a church, placed there for the holy water. O. E. A kind of tankard. (See Fig. [615].)

Stragulatæ. Striped or barred silks; 13th century.

Stragulum, R. (sterno, to throw over). A general term to denote any kind of covering used for bed-clothing, or a covering for men, horses, or beasts of burden, and thence a caparison.

Strap-work, Arch. A form of architectural ornament, by the tracery of a narrow band or fillet in convolutions similar to those that a leather strap thrown down at hazard would form. It is characteristic of the Renaissance period.

Fig. 634. Strasburg Porcelain. Open-work Basket.

Strasburg Porcelain. The manufacture of this ware, which was begun by Charles Hannong about 1721, became very celebrated for about sixty years. (Consult Jacquemart’s History of the Ceramic Art.) (Fig. [634].)

Strasburg Turpentine. A varnish made of the resin from the silver fir (pinus picea), diluted with naphtha, drying linseed, or nut oil.

Strena, R. A new year’s gift or present made on the calends of January.

Stria, R. The fluting of a column.