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‖ opus alexandrinum|ˈɒpəs ˌælɛksɑːnˈdriːnəm, -æ-|
Also with capital initials.
[med.L., lit. ‘Alexandrian work’.]
A type of pavement mosaic work consisting of coloured stone, glass, and semiprecious stones arranged in intricate geometric patterns. It was much used in Byzantium in the 9th century and is later found in Italy.
1852Murray's Handbk. N. Italy (ed. 4) 546/1 A mosaic..of that kind which is called ‘opus Alexandrinum’. 1854Wyatt & Waring Byzantine & Romanesque Court in Crystal Palace 38 The Opus Alexandrinum―we may describe it generally as tessellated marble-work..an arrangement of small cubes, usually of porphyry or serpentine. 1875F. E. Hulme Princ. Ornamental Art i. 10 The opus Alexandrinum was a marble tessellation generally composed of porphyry..and serpentine..arranged into geometric patterns that were cut into the white marble slabs that composed the groundwork of the pavement. 1897J. Ward Historic Ornament vii. 345 Another kind of mosaic used in pavement is that known as opus Alexandrinum. 1904L. F. Day Ornament v. 122 But for the economic instinct prompting men always to find use for a waste product, nothing like Opus Alexandrinum might ever have been done. 1955Times 18 May 12/4 The sacristy lost the whole of its contents, but still retains part of the ancient pavement of opus alexandrinum. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia I. 228/3 In the 12th century several variations of opus Alexandrinum evolved at local centres in Italy, including the well-known Cosmati work..of Rome. |