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‖ tablinum Rom. Antiq.|təˈblaɪnəm|
Pl. tablina.
[L. tablīnum, tabulīnum, as in definition, also a floored place in the open air, a picture-gallery, f. tabula table.]
An apartment or recess in an ancient Roman house, opening out of the atrium opposite the principal entrance, and containing the family archives, statues, etc.
1828–9J. Narrien Arch. in Encycl. Metropol. (1845) V. 292/2 The tablinum, or repository for the archives and records of the family. 1832Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 159 The tablinum itself, so called from being closed with planks. 1862E. Falkener Ephesus, etc. ii. iv. 259. 1890 Athenæum 23 Aug. 265/2 In the central block [of a Roman villa] are the principal rooms, such as the tabulinum and triclinium. |