sculptura

sculptūra, ae, f. [sculpo],

• a cutting out, carving in relief, sculpture: anulus, cujus gemmae sculptura erat Proserpinae raptus, Suet. Ner. 46: anulus ejusdem sculpturae, Just. 15, 4, 5; Quint. 2, 21, 9.—
• • • 2 Concr., esp. in plur., marbles, works of plastic art, Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209 (Jahn, scalptura); Vitr. 2, 9.

sculptūra, ae, f. (sculpo), das Bilden durch Graben, Stechen, Schnitzen, in Holz, Elfenbein, Marmor, Glas u. Edelsteinen, die Skulptur (vgl. scalptura), Quint. 2, 21, 9 (Halm u. Meister lesen scalptura): anulus, cuius gemmae sculptura erat Proserpinae raptus, Suet. Ner. 46 Roth. – Plur. meton. = plastische Arbeiten, Vitr. 2, 9, 9. Plin. 16, 209. Ampel. 8, 14.

sculptura [CL] 1 (act of) carving or engraving (cf. 2 sculpere). b (act of) hewing or dressing (wood or stone, cf. 1 sculpere). 1396 pro ~a sigilli cokete dicti burgi novo xiij s. iiij d. ExchScot 381.  b 1321 in ij cementariis circa lapidum ~am KR Ac 482/3 m. 2; 1326 dominus prostrabit pales in bosco et faciet ~am eorum BB St. Davids 318. 2 carved or engraved figure, carving or engraving; b (figure in the round). intercisam quasi ~is pictam Comm. Cant. I 298; 716 vidit ‥ novam colum ~a variatam Bonif. Ep. 10; pulchritudo, quam amant oculi in variis formis ‥ in vestibus, calceamentis, vasis, picturis, ~is Ailr. Spec. Car. II 24. 572C; ymagines et ~e fiunt in lapidibus ut virtutem Geminarum ex celi influencia recipiant N. Lynn Kal. 211.  b brachium pueri Jesu in matris gremio sedentis ‥ sicut ~a in Pario lapide preferebat ‥ fregit Gir. GE I 32; habebat eburneam ‥ beate virginis imaginem ‥ quod scriptura exhibebat in littera, scuptura expressit apertius in figura V. Edm. Rich P 1797. 3 (in embroidery) raised work. in [lodicis] textura videtur quedam de ipsius fili stamine ~a subtilissima aliquanto altius prominere, que avium ac bestiarum formas probatur ‥ gerere R. Cold. Cuthb. 42. 4 (act of) fashioning, shaping (in quot. w. ref. to cutting of cloth). c1365 pro labore apud R. et pro ~a pannorum proveniencium Ac. Durh. 176; 1390 habet vestem illam in qua determinavit, et in ~a sub qua nunc existit, illa de cetero non utetur ‥ consulo quod tunica sibi sculpatur de illa veste FormOx 237; 1424 pro panno lineo pro una alba et ij amictis ‥ et pro ~a et suicione et ornacione cum stellis Ac. Durh. 271.

sculptūra, (16) æ, f. (sculpo), travail de sculpture : Plin. 16, 209 ; Vitr. Arch. 2, 9, 9 || gravure sur pierres : Quint. 2, 21, 9 ; Suet. Nero 46 ; Just. 15, 4, 5.

sculptura , ae. f.
雕刻業。

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SCULPTURA

SCULPTU´RA[SCALPTURA: for sculpture, see STATUARIA. ]

Sculptūra

See statuaria ars.