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

Tabularium, R. A place set apart in the temples at Rome where the public records were kept.

Tace, Chr. The cross or crutch of St. Anthony.

Taces. (See Tassets.) The skirts or coverings to the pockets. (Meyrick.)

Taces. Overlapping plates of armour to envelope the abdomen (see Taches), introduced in the 14th century, under Richard II.

Tack or Dag, O. E. A kind of pistol: something like a petronel.

Tæda or Teda, R. A resinous torch made with pieces and slips of the pine called teda.

Fig. 644. Tænia.

Tænia, Gr. and R. (1) The ribbon with which a wreath or fillet round the head was attached. (2) In architecture, the band which separates the Doric frieze from the architrave; it is, in many cases, ornamented with painting similar to that shown in Fig. [644].

Taffeta (Pers. taftah, from taftan, to twist). A thin, glossy silken fabric, having a wavy lustre; a less costly silk than Cendal (q.v.), 16th century. Stow records that it was first made in England by John Tyce, of Shoreditch, London, 41 Elizabeth, 1598.