cortina
cortina, a kettie, caldron, the tripod of Apollo, in the form of a caldron
- a round vessel, a kettle, caldron (for cooking, liquids, etc.), Cato R. R. 66, 1; Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22 al.; 36, 26, 65, § 191; Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 12 (1291).—
- B In partic., the tripod of Apollo, in the form of a caldron, Verg. A. 3, 92; 6, 347; Ov. M. 15, 635.—Hence, also, a tripod as a sacred offering, Suet. Aug. 52.—
- II Meton., of any thing caldron-shaped, an arch, a circle (very rare); the cault of heaven, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 48 Müll. N. cr. (Ann. v. 9 Vahl.); the circle of a theatre, Auct. Aetn. 295; and prob. also a circle of hearers, Tac. Or. 19 dub. (v. Andresen in h. l.).—
- B A curtain: decem cortinae de bysso retortā, Vulg. Exod. 26, 1.
curtinae tabernaculi purpureis ‥ coloribus fucatae
tegebatur domus ‥ ~is mira varietate contextis, quod proprie tabernaculum vocabatur
hoc ‥ fidei tabernaculum ‥ ~is opertum totum
hi [libri ] ~as ‥ resarciunt quibus ecclesie ‥ tabernaculum contegatur
curtinarum sive stragularum textura
curtina,wagryft
in civitatem [Achon ], quam videres circumquaque ornatam, ut similitudo templi, ~is
hospitium suum ‥ fecit tapetiis, pallis et ~is etiam pavimentum pompose nimis adornare
in cc anulis delatun emptis ad easdem curtinas
in cordis ad courtinas
cuncta ‥ rex clare exposuit, dicto fratre stante retro quoddam curtinum et omnia auscultante
hec curtina,a curtyn ; ‘dicas curtinas quasi rerum corda tenentes’
tele aranearum ~e Lumbardice dicuntur
crebri utriusque Instrumenti [Veteris et Novi ] codices camere tue ~e sint
ecclesiam quam nobiliter aeditui ornaverunt ~is et palleis
locus ‥ super introitum portarum honeste debet esse paratus ~is et dorsalibus
quecunque acquisivi in ornamentis ecclesiasticis, in cappis, in paliis, in ~is, in dorsalibus, ‥ donavi S. Petro et monachis ejus
[R. abbas, ob. 1246 ] ij ~as sive dorsalia chori de historia ‥ Salvatoris et ‥ regis Edwardi ‥ procuravit
~e que pro aliqua solempnitate ad ornandum monasterium dependi solent
Dominica prima Quadragesimae ‥ post completorium suspendatur ~a inter chorum et altare
altare ‥ stat ornamento spoliatum. ‥ ~e cum palliis ‥ parietum septis includuntur
[R. episcopus, ob. 1292 ] legavit unum pannum de auro ‥ ad magnum †altarem, simul cum magna curtina de serico de opere paganorum et aliam curtinam villosam de pilis camelorum
sint due columpne eree habentes ab utraque parte altaris in seipsis cum gracili ferro duas curtinas dependentes
locus [tumba Augustini ] ob gloriam patris et impetum populi ~is ambitur
sequenti die ‥ matrona ‥ ~am Æthelburgae optulit quae chorum suum late ambiit
videt, ac si in ingressu cujusdam, moveri ~am quae ante sancti appendebat lecticam
evenit ut ‥ serviens ‥ in superioribus ecclesie locis ascenderet, ut ~am inhonore S. Odulfi suspensam ‥ deponeret
lego dicto collegio meas tres virides ~as sericas, sic quod ordinentur quolibet anno ad ornamentum sepulchri
ille ~e circa lectum uxoris sue, que nuper filium pepererat, tendebantur
Alicia de Nevill [ob. 1374 ] dedit ‥ lectum ‥ cum ~is et pulvinaribus
j tester’ cum dim. celura, j cooperlectula et iij curtini albiworsted
camera: ‥ lectus rubius antiquus de sago ‥; iij curtine rubie debultyr ‥; iij curtine de blodio cum celatura decard
legavit ‥ unum lectum de viridi cerico cum curtenis
in liberatione Ricardi ‥ pro custodia ~e
regina ‥ sedile preparari fecit ‥ ~is undique circumdatum(
erit ‥ locus clausus juxta altare cum curtinis per regios ministros preparatus [v. l. preparatis ], in quo rex de suis ‥ exutus regalibus ‥ de novo erit reindutus
magnam cameram regis apud Westmonasterium bono viridi colore depingi ad modum curtine ‥ faciat
in modum ~e
in quadam curtina depingenda ultra sedem regis et quadam lambreschura et ~a depingenda in camera regis in castro de Merleberg’
in xiij saccis ad sal’ colligend’ et in ~is ad ponendum circa sal’
in boscis et planis, ‥ bracinis, fabricis et †~is [? l. cortillis ]
- 1. (pre- en postklass.) ketel;
- 2. (poët.) ketelvormige drievoet van Apollo, waarop de Pythia zat als ze orakelspreuken verkondigde;
- 3. (Verg.) (meton.) ~ Phoebi orakel van Apollo;
- 4. (Suet.) drievoet als wijgeschenk;
- 5. (Tac.) publieke tribune (bij een rechtszitting);
- 6. (Enn.) hemelgewelf.
- a kettie, caldron, the tripod of Apollo, in the form of a caldron, V.—The priestess of Apollo: reddidit vocem, O.—A circle of hearers, Ta.
CORTI´NA
1. In its primary sense, a large circular vessel for containing liquids, and used in cooking (Plin. Nat.36.191), or preparing defrutum (Colum. 1.6, 19), dyeing wool or preparing dye (Plin. Nat.35. § § 43 and 150), and receiving oil when it first flows from the press. (Cat. de Re Rust. 66.) The illustration given under FULLOshows its use by fullers. In Plautus, Poen. 5.5, 12 ( qui cortinam ludis per circum ferunt), it is supposed to denote a vessel in which water was carried round the circus during the games for the use of the horses, drivers, or attendants, which is possibly represented in the cut on p. 435 in the hands of two of the children thrown down by the horses.
2. The table or hollow slab, supported by a tripod, upon which the priestess at Delphi sat to deliver her responses; and hence the word is used for the oracle itself. (Verg. A. 6.347) The Romans made tables of marble or bronze after the pattern of the Delphian tripod, which they used as we do our sideboards, for the purpose of displaying their plate at an entertainment, or the valuables contained in their temples, as is still done in Catholic countries upon the altars. These were termed cortinae Delphicae, or Delphicae simply. (Plin. Nat.34.8; Schol. ad Hor. Sat. 1.6, 116; Mart. 12.66, 7; Suet. Aug. 52.) [TRIPOS]
3. From the conical form of the vessel which contains the first notion of the word, it came also to signify the vaulted part of a theatre over the stage (magni cortina theatri, Aetn. 295), such as is in the Odeium of Pericles, the shape of which we are expressly told was made to imitate the tent of Xerxes (Paus. 1.20.3Plut. Per. 13); and thence metaphorically for anything which bore the appearance of a dome, as the vault of heaven (Ennius, ap. Varr. de Ling. Lat. 7.48, ed. Müller); or of a circle, as a group of listeners surrounding any object of attraction. (Tac. Dial. 19.) Finally, in the Vulgate (Exod. xxvi.) cortina is used in the sense of a curtain.
[A.R] [J.H.F](1) A caldron used for boiling.
(2) The lid or covering over the Delphic tripod (see oraculum; tripus), on which the priestess sat in giving responses (Verg. Aen. vi. 347).
(3) An altar in the form of a tripod.