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▪ I. Mosan, a.|ˈməʊzən|
[Fr., of or pertaining to the Meuse river, f. L. Mosa Meuse.]
Pertaining to the style of decorative art developed in the Meuse valley in the 11th to 13th centuries.
[1882C. de Linas L'Art et l'Industrie d'autrefois dans les Régions de la Meuse Belge i. 12 Le temps a pu faire surgir un art..ni rhénan, ni flamand, ni français, bien qu'il se rattache à tous les trois... Cet art,..il faudrait aujourd'hui lui donner un nom: pourquoi pas art mosan?] 1910Archaeologia LXII. 22 The appearance of these medallions is of unusual brilliancy and richness, even for the productions of the Mosan school of enamelling. 1933Burlington Mag. Apr. 198/1 The term Mosan art was introduced forty years ago by Charles de Linas, who maintained that the art of the middle, that is Belgian, section of the Meuse country was original. 1957G. Zarnecki Eng. Romanesque Lead Sculpture 12 It has been generally accepted that this manuscript was influenced by Mosan art. The blending of Winchester and Mosan features found in it was probably not confined to this manuscript alone. 1972Times 6 Dec. 1/6 (caption) The exquisitely delicate little statue..is characteristic of the Mosan style of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
▪ II. Mosan, n.|ˈməʊsən|
[f. mōs, lit. ‘four’ in various N. Amer. Indian languages + -an.]
The name of a North American language group comprising Chemakuan, Salish, and Wakashan.
1929Encycl. Brit. V. 139/1 The following reductions of linguistic stocks which have been proposed may be looked upon as either probable or very possible:..5, Mosan, consisting of Salish, Chimakuan and Wakashan. 1955H. A. Gleason Introd. Descriptive Linguistics xxiv. 368 The Pacific Northwest from the Columbia River Valley to southern Alaska is occupied by a number of languages... Most of the languages fall into three families which are related in one phylum known as Mosan. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics Spring 78 It was suggested by Sapir, in..1929, that Kutenai may be distinctly related to both Algonkian and Mosan. Ibid. 98 Algonkian-Wakashan has perhaps been more commonly known as Mosan-Algonkian. 1968Encycl. Brit. I. 728/2 Tsimshian and Maidu have probably been considerably influenced by contact with Mosan. |