. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. n there introduced. MEMBRANA. Parchment;sometimes employed for writingbooks upon, though not of such com-mon or general use as paper (charta)made of papyrus. Plin. H. N. Hor. Sat ii. 3. 2. 2. (diQQepa). A wrapper or covermade of parchment, dyed on the out-side with purple or yellow colour(Tibull. iii
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. n there introduced. MEMBRANA. Parchment;sometimes employed for writingbooks upon, though not of such com-mon or general use as paper (charta)made of papyrus. Plin. H. N. Hor. Sat ii. 3. 2. 2. (diQQepa). A wrapper or covermade of parchment, dyed on the out-side with purple or yellow colour(Tibull. iii. 1. 9. Compare Ov. Trkt1. 1. 5.), in which a roll was enve-loped, to keep it clean, and preserveit from injury. That the membranawas not a box or case like the capsa,is clear from its being assimilated toarticles of outside clothing (Mart. toga purpurea. Id. xi. 1. sindone). MEMBRANULA. Diminutiveof the preceding; a small strip ofparchment upon which the title-pages,lettering pieces, or contents of abook {indices) were written. iv. 4. MENDFCULA, sc. vestis. Abeggars garment (Plaut. Epid. ii. ), as seen in the next illustration. MENDFCUS (tttwxos). A men-dicant, or beggar-man, who lives uponcharitable donations. (Plaut. 4. 16.) The illustration repre-. sents a scene in the forum at Hercu-laneum, from a painting discoveredin that city, in which a blind beggarled by a dog is receiving alms from ayoung female. 416 MEN1S. MENSA. 2. A mendicant priest, belonging tothe order of Cybele, who lived uponpublic alms, like the modern Capu-chins. Hor. Sat. i. 2. 2. MENIS (from the Greek fiyvrj).An ornament in the shape of a half-moon, which the Romans used toplace at the commencement of theirbooks ; hence a menide, from thebeginning. Auson. Profess. 25. MENSA Qrpaire^a, shortened fromT€TpdTT€(a). In the primary notion,a surveying board or table (from me-tior) ; whence it came to be appliedin as general a sense as our wordtable, including every kind of formb
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