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Definition of Roman sepia

Roman sepia
Sepia Se"pi*a, n.; pl. E. Sepias, L. Sepi[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ??? the cuttlefish, or squid.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish. 2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India. Sepia drawing or picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.

Meaning of Roman sepia from wikipedia

- the Latinized form of the Gr**** σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish. Sepia ink was commonly used for writing in Greco-Roman civilization. It remained in common use...
- to 25 cm (6 to 10 in), with the largest species, the giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama), reaching 50 cm (20 in) in mantle length and over 10.5 kg (23 lb)...
- 085265 Sepias (Ancient Gr****: Σηπιάς) was a town of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly, near the cape of the same name. Strabo relates that Sepias was one...
- in Gritty Sepia" The New York Times, May 2, 2003 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone rottentomatoes.com, retrieved February 21, 2018 The Roman Spring of Mrs...
- to extensively use digital color correction to give the film an autumnal sepia-tinted look. It was released by Buena Vista Pictures in North America, while...
- Tarkovsky. Its cinematography slips between color, black-and-white, and sepia. Its nonlinear narrative has delighted and frustrated critics and audiences...
- Henoch Leiner, the Radziner Rebbe, researched the subject and concluded that Sepia officinalis (common cuttlefish) met many of the criteria. Within a year...
- Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize. The film is shot entirely in sepia. The film is based on the real story of a Soviet Internal Troops soldier...
- first-hand. He first published a series of articles on his experience in Sepia magazine, which had underwritten the project, then later published an expanded...
- "Vivian Blaine: Songs from The Ziegfeld Follies & The Great White Way". Sepia Records. February 12, 2008. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012...