Crossword-Solution: CONTORNIATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Contorniate | n. | Alt. of Contorniate |
| Contorniate | n. | A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. |
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| MEDAL with deep furrow round disc | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AEAR
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CONTORNIATE (5)
The portrait prefixed to this volume is from a Contorniate, or bronze medallion of the time of Constantine, representing the poet's likeness as traditionally preserved amongst his countrymen three hundred years after his death.
The bronze figure has been reproduced from drawings by Edward King in three positions.[34] The statement made by several writers on music that a bag-pipe is represented on a contorniate of Nero is erroneous, as a verification of certain references will show.[35] The error is due in the first place to [v.03 p.0206] Montfaucon, who misunderstood the explanation of Bianchini's drawing which he reproduced.
The contorniate referred to is one containing the hydraulic organ, and the legend _Laurentinus Aug_., but no bag-pipe.
CONTORNIATE, kon-tor'ni-[=a]t, _n._ a coin or medal with a deep groove round the disc.--_adj._ having this.
HARPER: ON A STONE AT MONIFEITH, 19 CONTORNIATE OF NERO’S TIME, 33 CARVINGS IN MELROSE ABBEY, 37 THE OLDEST EXISTING PIPES, 43 CARVINGS IN ROSSLYN CHAPEL, 45 GERMAN PIPER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, 47 OLD GERMAN WIND INSTRUMENTS, 61 THE NORTHUMBRIAN BAGPIPE, 65 THE IRISH BAGPIPE, 67 THE GREAT HIGHLAND BAGPIPE, 69 CAPT.