Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 450
f image-work practiced by the ancients must bementioned that which is called Mosaic (ixovnhov, opus musivum, tcsse/atum,vermiculatum), which was very common, and carried to great perfection. It hasits name from its elegance and grace (aorrra). It consists of figures curiouslyformed by pieces, in… … p. IV. EGYPTIAN SCULPTURE. 385 1 u. The pieces of which this kind of work is composed are so small, that sometimes one hundred and fifty are found in the space of a square inch. The art wasmost in vogue in the time of the emperor Claudius, and one of the most distinguishedartists in it was Sosus.…
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