- lid. The
decorations on
pyxides found in an
Etruscan context tend
towards depictions of
battles and
athletic contests; for
pyxides found in Gr**** and near...
-
There is no
evidence of
Ivory box or
pyxides carvings in
Spain before Umayyad rule. The
quality of the
craft of
pyxides was
vital due to the
expense of ivory...
- the Gr**** word πυξίς,
pyxis 'box, receptacle'. (The Gr****-like plural,
pyxides, has
given way to
pyxes in English.)
While the word may be
applied to any...
- department, the
holdings became separate in 2003.
Among the
works are the
Pyxide d'al-Mughira, a 10th century
ivory box from Andalusia; the
Baptistery of...
- carpels, and in
others each
carpel splits open. Cir****scissile
capsules (
pyxide, pyxis,
pyxidium or lid capsule) have a transverse,
rather than longitudinal...
- also been found. The most
common shapes are
cylindrical boxes,
known as
pyxides, and
collared jars. They are
crude in construction, with
thick walls and...
-
existence within some
Egyptian m****cripts
additionally comes from two
ivory pyxides dated to
around the 5th or 6th century,
which depict the
story of the adulteress...
- is a flat,
circular container made to hold only
consecrated hosts. The
pyxides used in the
Orthodox and
Eastern Rites are
designed for much more, and...
- in his
Historiarum Deorum Syntagma (1580), in
which pithos was
rendered pyxide, and she
linked the
pithos with the
Pithoigia aspect of the
Athenian festival...
-
small format,
seldom higher than 30 cm. Oil
flasks (alabastra, aryballos),
pyxides, kraters,
oenochoes and cups were the most
common vessels painted. Sculptured...
