Memorials

Ornamental areas of distinct pattern, material, color, or shape around the edge or boundary of something. With regard specifically to tapestries, refers to the areas around the central field outside the inner guard and within the guard that edges the outer sides of the tapestry. For the narrow surfaces showing the 'thickness' or smallest dimension of thin, flat objects, as distinguished from the broad surfaces, see "edges (object components)."

the escutcheon, or shield, carries the arms in the heraldic achievement

Alternate Names: coat of arms; heraldry

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words, texts, lettering, or symbols carved, inlaid, or painted on a memorial

Alternate Names: monogram

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ornamental design composed of repeated geometric shapes

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copper-tin alloy; refers to a broad range of alloys of copper, specifically any non-ferrous alloy of copper, tin, and zinc or other trace metals in varying proportions from 70 to 95 percent copper in surviving ancient artifacts. Because of the copper base, bronze may be very malleable and easy to work. By the Middle Ages in Europe, it was recognized that using the metals in certain proportions could yield specific properties. Some modern bronzes contain no tin at all, substituting other metals such as aluminum, manganese, and even zinc. Historically, the term was used interchangeably with "latten." U.S. standard bronze is composed of 90% copper, 7% tin and 3% zinc. Ancient bronze alloys sometimes contained up to 14% tin.

type of marble quarried in the area around Carrara, Tuscany, Italy (Luna in antiquity), characterized by a fine, compact grain and varies in color from pure white to creamy white, sometimes with a bluish tinge; a favorite stone of sculptors from antiquity to the present, including Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564)

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