单词 | abaciscus |
释义 | abaciscusn. Architecture. 1. A square section containing part or all of the pattern of a mosaic pavement; (also) a single mosaic tile, a tessera. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [noun] > materials tessella1693 smalto1705 mosaic gold1728 abaciscus1753 tessera1797 smalt1852 tesson1858 abaculus1868 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Abacus,..or Abaciscus, in the antient architecture, is used to denote certain compartments in the incrustation or lining of the walls of state-rooms, Mosaic pavements, and the like. 1865 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 19 May 445/2 Modern artists have shown how indestructible mosaics of this class, made not of abaciscus, but of clay cubes,..smaller than dice, may almost rival tapestries in their richness and blending of colour. 1896 Newark (Ohio) Sunday Advocate 13 Sept. 6/1 How all the abacisci of New York would appear if made into one abaciscus. 1951 M. L. Wolf Dict. Arts 1 Abaciscus—In mosaic work, any single unit or design constituting part of the over-all pattern. 2. = abacus n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > parts of abacus1563 echinus1563 plinth1563 fusarole1664 fuse1715 coussinet1728 rind1728 abaciscus1778 horn1847 1778 A. Rees Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) I Abacus, or Abaciscus, in Architecture, is the uppermost member of the capital of a column; serving as a kind of crowning, both to the capital and the whole column. 1815 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) I. 2/1 Abaciscus, in Architecture, is the upper part or member of the capital of a column. 1994 J. T. Frane Craftsman's Illustr. Dict. Constr. Terms 5 Abaciscus, a small, thick square or rectangular plate (small abacus) forming the top of a column. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1753 |
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