| 单词 | pelta ornament |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspelta ornament C2. Architecture and Archaeology. Designating or incorporating the ornamental motif known as a pelta (sense 1b), as pelta design, pelta ornament, pelta pattern. ΚΠ 1928 A. W. Clapham in Archaeologia 77 227 The Pelta Ornament..consists essentially of pairs of half-circles set back to back in such a way that the combination forms a series of figures like a double-headed axe or an Amazon-shield. 1932 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 22 126 The pelta-pattern appears on three of the Lydney pavements and had a long post-Roman vogue. 1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe iii. 61 Of much less frequent occurrence is the Carolingian pelta-ornament, used as a diaper on roll-mouldings at Piacenza, Modena, Cremona, and Ferrara Cathedrals. 1967 Antiquaries Jrnl. 47 167 On the extreme right is a border of black and white composed of small alternating semicircular forms producing the effect of a pelta pattern. 1978 Rescue News Dec. 4/1 (caption) Mosaic floor in the corridor of the Roman villa at Bradwell, Milton Keynes, showing the running pelta design. < as lemmas |
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