单词 | historiated |
释义 | historiatedadj. Esp. of an illuminated manuscript or initial letter: decorated with depictions of people, animals, or narrative scenes. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > [adjective] > types of decorated letter bullantic1799 historiated1849 gymnastic1945 1849 F. Madden tr. J. J. Champollion & A. Champollion Universal Palæogr. II. 729 Large historiated initials [Fr. des initiales historiées; cf. L. literis initialibus Capitum grandibus historiatis] occur at the beginning of each chapter. 1895 M. R. James Abbey St. Edmund at Bury 131 At Amiens four portions of a like historiated screen remain. 1949 Libr. Q. 19 105/2 More than 50 illuminated and historiated manuscripts from the eleventh to the sixteenth century. 1976 Gesta 15 123 Part of an historiated capital being used as a doorstop. 2003 M. Noble & J. Mehigan Calligrapher's Compan. 8/2 The decoration [became] more elaborate with illuminated and historiated initial letters within the text. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1849 |
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