monogrammos

  • 1MONOCHROMATOS Pictura — apud Plin. l. 35. c. 3. De Pictuvae initiis incerta Graeci alii Sicyone, alii apud corint hios repertam affirmant, omnes umbrâ hominis lineis circumductâ. Itaque talem primam fuisse: secundam singulis coloribus et monochromaton dictam, postquam… …

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  • 2monogram — {{11}}monogram (n.) two or more letters intertwined, 1690s, from Fr. monogramme or directly from L.L. monogramma (5c.), from Late Gk. monogrammon a character formed of several letters in one design, especially in reference to the signature of the …

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