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crest, or ornamental tinisliing, on cornices, etc. The ex- amples diller considerably in detail, but the general ef- ect does not vary much. — I'arkcr, Oluss. oj' Archltcd. s. V.
Tue.shimel Eudkni. in Lamaism, is the name for one of tlie seven sanctuaries which are placed upon the altars in front of the idol. It is a drawing, upon a gold background, rei)resenting an ambassador of the heaven- ly kingdom and also the god of the temple.
Tuet, EsiMUT Claudk, a French ascetic author, was l)orn about 1745 and died about 1787, and was the writer of a number of religious tracts and sermons, for which see Iloefer, A'our. Bio//. Generule, s. v.
Tufa, a porous stone (called tnivertine when com- liact) found in calcareous streams, and used, from its lightness, in vaultings, as at Bredon and Canterbury.
Tuff-taffeta, a kind of inferior silk used in cliurch-
hangings.
Tuiscon, in German mythology, was an earth-born god, from whom all Germans are said to have sprung. He was highly esteemed by liis son, man. The Druids sacri- liced hinnan beings to him. According to the accounts given by C;esar, these sacrilices were made not only in (lermany, but throughout the whole of Gaul. Some hold liini to be a historic person, others a personified idea.
Tukkiyim. See Pkacock.
Tukudh Version. Tiiis version is of a very re- cent date; and the translation of the four gospels and the epistles of .lohn into that dialect, was undertaken by the Britisli and Foreign Bible Society, at tlie request of the Church JMissionary Society, and was made in the year 187-2 by tlie Rev. K. McDonald, who had been labor- ing among the people with much success. As to the dia- lect itself, it is spoken by a tribe of Indians on the river Yucon, on the confines of the Arctic region. Mr. Mc- Donald, who has been laboring there for the last sixteen years, has reduced the language to writing, an<i in his translaling efforts has liad the assistance of a native Christian. The syllabic characters which were adopted in the Cree version were first tried, but the unusually .large number of syllables in the language obliged tlie translator to fall back upon the Boman characters. The following, taken from the report cf the British and For- eign Bible Society for the year 1873, will be of interest to the student : " The Tidiudh tribe, which is often known by the name of Lonchvux, from a peculiarity in the eyes of some of the natives, is small, not including more than about eight hundred, nearly the whole of wliom are under Christian instruction. Their numbers, however, are on the increase, and it is not improbable that some neighboring tribes will become incorporated with them, and thus add considcralily to the commu- nity. Like most of the North American Indian trilies, the Tukudh Indians have among themselves certain re- ligious Ijchefs on which it is not impossible to build np the pure theology of the I^ible. Their name Tukudh signifies ' haughty people.' When the geographical position of Mr. McDonald's station at Fort jNIacpherson is considered, it will not be wondered at that these peo- jile are living in primitive simplicity. The edition re- (luested is to consist of five liundred copies, and some of tlie gospels it is |iroposed to bind separately. The ex- pense of the work will be large and the readers few; but when a language has been reduced to written form, and Christian men capable of translating the Scriptures are availalile, the cominiliee deem it a matter of clear <luty to go forward in printing the Word of God, even though but a comparatively small jiopulation may be benefited by their labors." According to the report for 187t). about XIO copies altogether have been circulated among these people. (B. 1'.)
Tulchans, or Tulchan Bishops. A tulchan
was the effigy of a calf, or rather it was a stuffed calf- skin, set up before a cow when she was milked, under tlie belief that the animal therebv vielded her milk more
freely. The custom has long been discontinued. Under the regent Morton, and after 1572, attempts were made to introduce bishops into the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The men who consented to take the title had bound themselves, as the price of their elevation, to re- ceive only a small part of the revenues, the rest going to Morton and his lordly colleagues. "The bisho]) had the title, but my lord had the milk." Such bishops were called tulchans by the people. The first tulchan was John Douglas, appointed to the see of St. Andrew's. Patrick Adamson, who afterwards himself became a tul- chan, said in a sermon, ''There be three kinds of bishops — my lord bishop, my lord's bishop, and the Lord's bish- op. My lortl bisho]> was in the papistry: my lord's bishop is now, when my lord gets the benefice, and the bishop serves for nothing but to make his title sure; and the Lord's bishop is the true minister of the gospel." — Eadie, Eccles. Cyclop, s. v.
Tulisso, in Prussian mythology, were priests of a lower order, belonging to none of the three higher class- es of Grivaites, Siggones, and Wurrkaites. The care of the sick rested with them, whom they either prepared for death, or sought, with their scanty knowledge, to cure or to alleviate their suiferings. They resided among the populace in villages, and were therefore not esteemed very much.