Naturales quaestiones, 4a.2.18

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Text Category
Literature: verse
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Seneca the Younger
Reference
Naturales quaestiones, 4a.2.18
Quotation
argentum replumbatur; signorum coagmenta solvuntur; nullum materiae superadornatae manet operimentum.
Part of Speech
Adjective
Participle (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
Unspecified, but context in earlier passage suggests sculptures
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals
Medium/a Ornamenting
Metals: gilded, plated, applied (apparently impossible in this context due to strong heat, which will melt applied materials)
Notes
From the context
Item Identifier
A00258
Determination
Derived directly from text