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

Yellow Orpiment (auripigmentum). A bright and pure yellow pigment, but not durable, and dries very slowly; called also Yellow Arsenic.

Yeoman of the Guard. A beef-eater; one of the British sovereign’s state body-guard; below the gentleman-at-arms. Instituted at the coronation of Henry VII. in 1485.

Yew. Taxus baccata. The word is largely used in cabinet-making. The excellence of the wood for making bows led to the trees being planted in churchyards, to preserve them.

Ymaigier. (See Imagier.)

Ymaigerie, Imagery, Med. (1) Illuminated borders on missals and manuscripts executed by the miniaturists of the Middle Ages. (2) Bas-reliefs and sculptures on wood and stone.

Fig. 702. Yoke. Device of Pope Leo X.

Yoke. A symbolical device assumed by Pope Leo X. in allusion to the text “My yoke is easy,” expressed in the one word of the motto “Suave.” (See Jugum.) Fig. [702].

York Collar. Her. Was formed of alternate Suns and Roses.

York Herald. One of the six Heralds of the College of Arms. (See Heralds.)