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‖ giallo antico|ˈdʒallo anˈtiko|
Also 8–9 in semi-anglicized form giall(o antique.
[It., lit. ‘ancient yellow’.]
A rich yellow marble found among ruins in Italy, and employed as a decoration; identified by some with the marmor Numidicum of the ancients. Also attrib. or adj.
1741Lady Pomfret Lett. (1805) II. 310 Pillars and pilasters of giallo antique. 1771H. Walpole Lett. (1857) V. 290 He..inhabits that most sumptuous of all palaces at Rome with door-cases giallo antico. 1773Brydone Sicily xxxvii. (1809) 354 Marbles..little inferior to the giall and verd antique. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France II. 130 The granites, in giall antique, have an undescribable effect. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 445 He lies on a couch of giallo-antico. 1859J. C. Hobhouse Italy II. 108 One of the giallo-antico columns. |