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terra sigillata (iou)



terra sigillata noun phr. LME.
[medieval Latin = sealed earth.]
An astringent bole, of fatty consistency and reddish colour, orig. obtained from the Aegean island of Lemnos, formerly valued as a medicine and antidote. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
Red pigment; ruddle. M16-E17.
Archaeology. A type of fine Roman earthenware, esp. Samian ware, made from this or a similar earth from the 1st cent. BC to the 3rd cent. AD in Gaul (also Italy and Germany), usu. red in colour and sometimes decorated with stamped figures or patterns. E20.
b. A ware made in imitation of this, esp. a 17th-cent. glazed redware from Silesia and a kind of grey Maltese earthenware. M20.