Parian marble

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• Parian marble — noun A fine white marble found in Paros • • • Main Entry: ↑Parian …   Useful english dictionary

• Parian marble — For the tablet known as the Parian Marble or Marmor Parium, see Parian Chronicle. Parian marble is a fine grained semitranslucent pure white and entirely flawless marble quarried during the classical era on the Greek island of Paros in the Aegean …   Wikipedia

• Parian Chronicle — Parian Marble redirects here; for marble from Paros, see Parian marble. Detail from the shorter fragment base of the stele, found in 1897, that is in a museum on Páros. It contains chronicle entries for the years 356–299 BC. The Parian Marble… …   Wikipedia

• Parian — Pa ri*an, a. [L. Parius.] Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the [AE]gean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble. [1913 Webster] {Parian chronicle}, a most ancient chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parian chronicle — Parian Pa ri*an, a. [L. Parius.] Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the [AE]gean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble. [1913 Webster] {Parian chronicle}, a most ancient chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parian Ware — was a cheap substitute for marble invented by Thomas Battam and resembling marble in both surface and colour. A notable advantage was that it could be prepared in a liquid form and cast in a mould a quality lending itself to mass production.… …   Wikipedia

• Parian — [per′ē ən, par′ē ən] adj. 1. of Paros 2. a) designating a fine, white marble found in Paros b) like this marble 3. designating a fine, white porcelain (Parian ware) that resembles Parian marble n. a person born or living in Paros …   English World dictionary

• Parian — may mean *Pertaining to Paros, the Greek island * Parian marble, used for sculpture *Parian Ware, an inexpensive substitute for marble and fashionable in Victorian England …   Wikipedia

• Marble —    As a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its texture varying from the highly crystalline to the compact. In Esther 1:6 there are four Hebrew words which are rendered marble:,    1) Shesh, pillars of marble. But this word probably… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Parian doll — This article is about the nineteenth century German made doll. For the American alternative band, see The Dresden Dolls. German Alt Beck Gottschalck parian doll with glass eyes[1] A parian doll, sometimes mistakenly referred to as a Dresden doll …   Wikipedia

• Marble — For other uses, see Marble (disambiguation). Marble …   Wikipedia