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From this time in Venice began the punto in aria, worked first as flat point and punto avorio, and then with numberless enrichments constituting raised, or rose, point, point de neige, or rosalline point, caterpillar point, etc.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Ivory (French ivoire; Italian avorio; Latin ebur), dentine, the tusks of the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, and other animals: a tough and elastic substance, of a creamy white, taking a high and lasting polish, largely employed in the arts since pre-historic times, and used extensively in making or adorning ecclesiastical objects by the primitive and medieval Christians.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Spargeafi per la guancia delicata Mifto oolor di rofe, e di liguftriy Di terfo avorio era la fronte lieta Che lo fpazio finia con giuda jneta.
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