tablinumn.
/təˈblʌɪnəm/, /təˈbliːnəm/, U.S. /təˈblaɪnəm/, /təˈblinəm/ Roman History.
An anteroom in an ancient Roman house, opening out of the atrium opposite the principal entrance and often containing the family archives and statues.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > others
garden room1619
tablinum1715
garden apartment1751
piazza1773
turret-room1803
shed-room1843
hall-room1859
return room1869
mid-place1871
stoep-room1880
sun space1907
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. ii. vi. 72 There was also a Pluteus (which we call Tablinum) a Place or Study, where the Pictures of their Ancestors, and their glorious Atchievements, were drawn or pourtray'd.
1791 W. Newton tr. M. V. Pollio Archit. II. 136 The height of the beams of the tablinum is an eighth part more than the breadth.
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 159 The tablinum itself, so called from being closed with planks.
1845 J. Narrien Archit. in Encycl. Metrop. V. 292/2 The tablinum, or repository for the archives and records of the family.
1890 Athenæum 23 Aug. 265/2 In the central block [of a Roman villa] are the principal rooms, such as the tabulinum and triclinium.
1932 Times 29 Sept. 11/6 By a miracle this has preserved all its wooden partition with three doors separating the atrium from the tablinum.
1985 Archit. Hist. 28 8 Beyond the atrium was the tablinum, an anteroom for displaying ancestral busts.
2007 Art Bull. (Nexis) 89 360/5 The tablinum was an icon of marital intercourse, not just power performance: nightly, Romans hauled the marriage bed of dominus and domina into it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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