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Tessellated Pavement

a pavement of rich mosaic work , made of squares of marbles, bricks, or tiles, in shape and disposition resembling dice , and known as tesseræ. squares of marbles, bricks, or tiles, in geometrical form of marble, earthenware, ivory, glass, etc. , used for tessellated pavements, ornamenting walls, etc., colored tiles or bricks , usually cubical, laid in patterns, as a mosaic pavement. In antiquity, a small piece of wood, bone, or metal, used as a ticket of admission to the theaters in ancient Rome , or as a certificate given to gladiators, containing their names, that of the consul, and the day on which they had won their distinction in the circus ing their names, that of the consul, and a certificate given to gladiators, containdistinction in the circus. three recent species, from the S. of genus of Limacidæ, with Europe, the Canary Isles. and Great Britsongs and ballads, he wrote: "Arsında; drama; "The Isle of A "Italy," a poem in 43 stanzas in which or, the Line of the Princes d'Este," a an uncompleted epic , "C Alcina ," a tragedy; the Spanish yoke. He died in Modena.

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