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Torches (lighting devices)

Scope note

Lights, usually carried by hand, consisting of a stick of resinous wood or bundles of fiber soaked with pitch, wax, resin, tallow or other flammable substance; also lamps on poles designed to be carried like torches.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037652

Broader Terms used

<torches and torch holders>

Narrower Terms used

links
flambeaux
campaign torches

Equivalent Terms used

torch (flammable lighting device)

Created

13yrs ago

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