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Definition of Terra sigillata
1. Noun. Earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terra Sigillata
Literary usage of Terra sigillata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society edited by Charles William Sutton (1907)
"THE ORNAMENTED terra sigillata (SAMIAN) POTTERY FOUND AT LANCASTER. BY THOMAS
MAY, FSA (SCOT.). THE following list includes one hundred and ..."
2. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society edited by Charles William Sutton (1907)
"THE ORNAMENTED terra sigillata (SAMIAN) POTTERY FOUND AT LANCASTER. BY THOMAS
MAY, FSA (Scot.). THE following list includes one hundred and twenty- seven ..."
3. A Natural History of Fossils by Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1757)
"X. terra sigillata alba. This is of a dull pearly white colour, rather light than
heavy, of a moderately compact texture and ..."
4. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"... to provincial wares—terra sigillata—Shapes and centres of fabric— Subjects
... but may now be more appropriately termed Provincial terra sigillata. ..."
5. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"... to provincial wares — terra sigillata — Shapes and centres of fabric ...
Fabrics of Germany — terra sigillata in Britain — Castor ware — Upchurch and ..."
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