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to mark with. T he :¡ncicnts dlccme-cl it as :ln (¡nrin~
Ren t, pr:..fcribing il in die cobe, hxmorrhatcs and o·
\l\l.'f t\t1~t:s .
M ORl'ETd, a boroll~\¡·town of orthumb<rbnd, fOl/r·
t ...en miks nllrth or r':e·.lJcal1lc, which f~nds 1WO mem·
bcrs ( O r',trli'tmL'nt.
lIIORT :\U ry, or /Ji!!, ~.r MORTAI, ITY, propcrly
dcr.otl! wcekly !!lIs oC th~ p.. rfolls who JIC:: in auy place.
S:e .4.:OO"l' 11 I FS.
BI'''f 'Ji ~lO:tT.\ ' CESTR 1', in SeolS l. ,,' ; aneitntly
th~ r,lonn.! oC ao :\l'lion al rhe ¡n(hnce oC "O hcir, in
the I pc:ci~1 c:,(c whcrc he Ir~d beco excJtHlt:d (roO) the
pc(idlilln of his anedlor', efl"e b), the fuperior or o·
1hcr p.:rr(ln pret di nJ:: righ t.
M ORT .\ R, a prep",,,,on of lime and fano mixed op
",¡ tI. w" ter, which fe rv(s as a cement, and is ufcd hy
m ,fons anJ briekl.yers in building of walls of llone
and briek.
N ioRTI\R PlECE . Sce G ~nnHRv.
JllOllTG .'\GE, in r.w, a pledge or pawn of lands. re·
..&cmcnts, ve. for monc'y bonowed ; fo c,,!led. bl'cíl:ufe
IT the money is nOl paiJ al the day. lhe lanJ di~5 10
the ch:blor, :lnd is forfei:eJ lOlhe creditOr,
JlfORTIEIt, an of digni ,)', borne by ,he ehan·
"dl"r and &r>nd prdidcolS of ,he parliamenl uf France.
T hat borne by lhe ehaneellor, is a pieee of clolh of
gold, edged anel lorned up \Vi,h ermine ; and ,hal of
,he r.rll prer.den' is • picee of blaek veh'C[ edged wilh
a double row of gol<1 lace, while rhal of Ihe olher
prer.denrs is cnly rclgecl wilh • r.ngle row. ThiSlhey
formerly carried on ,heir hcads, as ,hey do 1l~1 in grand
ceremonic:s, fuch' as the enlry of lhe king; bUl, or–
dinarily, lhey carry Ihem in the hano.
M ORTISE. or MORTOIS., in earpentry. 6<. á kind
oC joint. wherein a hole of a certain depth is madc in
a piece of timbcr, which is tOreceive another píece
called a tenon.
JI!ORTMA IN , in ' law, i, lhe .Iienalion of I.nds or re·
nements to any religious houCe, corporation, or fra·
ternity. and thcir fuccetrors.
JlIORTUAR Y, in lhe cecler.allie.1 law, is a Cif, left
by a mao at his dealh to his parifh church, in recom–
penee of perfonal lilhes omin ed 'o be paid in his life.
time : or it is thal beall. or other catIle, which. af–
ter Ihe dea,h of lhe o\\'ner, by lhe eullom of lhe
is due [O lhe parCon or vicu, in lieu of tithes Qr or–
~ rings forgol, or not weJl .nd troly by him Iha<
i, dead .
JIlORUS, in bOl"ny. a genus of Ihe mona:ci. tctrandria
The e. lix of Ihe male has four fegmenlS: it
ha. 0.0 c"roll,. : T he ealix of ,he female of fom
k'aves; it h:\s 00 corolla: the l1yli are 1WO, ,\Od the
berry coolains one rt.:ed. 'fhere are feven fpceics, none
of thcm nal¡ves of Britain.
Jl!OSAI C. or ?lIosAI C'\'/ ORK, an .rr. mblage of lillle
pieces of gl.t:s, mublc:, f recious Honu, cre. of various
coloues, CUl f9 uare, and cemtntcd on a r,rollnd of
Clueco, in fuch a m.¡nner as 10 imitatc the coiours ami
ch:J!r2J.nions of (lainting.
I'L·:hJ./ IP'rf,,,,"h(~ !OSAIC'WO RK of glal' is Ih~:
1\1 O S
T hey pro"idc lillie r icc<s o f glafs, of os mar.y dirr"rent
colou rs ;tnd ,,5. pullihlc:.
Now, in orJ~ r 1O,'pl'ly Ihe(e feve,.1 pifces, anel oot
of thcm to fOl m a pittu rc, they in the (jrn place pro~
cure a Cf4.l'loon or dcfign 10 be drawo; t!lis is transf!!r.
ren to Ihe tirou nd or planee by c~lking, as in painling
in fnJco. Sl'e Fk [S e o.
As ,his pl.flor is 10 be laid thiek on Ihe , .nd
th.:rcfore \l/di continuc rrdh ilnu fort a conridccable
tim.o: , fa that th ere n1ay be cnough prcpJ red al once,
to rerve' for as much work as \ViII take up Ihrce Or (our
ddys.
f his plaOer is eompo(ed ofl ime, of hard Oone,
with b,kk du!t vc:ry fine, ~um {r~gacanth, and whilcs
of eggs: \\'hen ,his 'pl.ller has b:cn l~US prepared and
b id on lhe \Yd: I, and ·m:lde the dcfigo of what is to be
r"prefenlcd, they toke oot the li"le pieees of glaf, wil\¡
a p:\ir o( pl yers, and'n,oge lhem or.e arrer anQther, (llll
kceping {hiétly to the li Cht, fhadow, diffcrem taiots
anci co)ours reprcrent.J. in the ddign before; prcffing
or (LHtio~ them down Wilh a ruler. which ferves both
ro - lhem \Vithin the ground, and to rendel the fu ro
face evcn.
Thu. in a long time, .nd \Vilh a great deal of I. bour.
they finiO, lhe work, which is lIill ,he more beautiful,
as the pieces of glafs are more unifarm, and ranged at
an eyen height.
SoOle of lhefe picees of mofaie.\V.ork are performed
\Vi,h ,h.. exaflners. rh ar Ihey appea r as fmoo,h as •
t oble of macble, anJ as r.nifh ed and maOerly, as a paint.
iog in frefco; \Vilh this advamage, that lhey hll'e a
fin e lufhe, and \ViII )an í\rics .
The fineO works 'of lhis kind that have remained tiJl
our time, ana lhore by whom rhe moderns have re~
trleved the art, which \Vas in a manoer Ion, are 1hore
in ,he ehureh of Se Agne., formerly rhe temple of
Bacchus at'Rome ; and'lome at Pif~, Florence, and
Clhcr eities of ltal y. The 0100 efleemed among the
\Yorks of the Oloderns ne thofe of Jofeph Pine, and
Ihe ehevalier Lanfrane in the ehurch of St P eter at
Rome: there are alfo \'ery good ones at Venice.
lllethod of p. rf orlll;':g M OSA IC'WOR K of marble and
precious {tones is lh l': Thi grouod of mofaic-.... orks,
wholly marble, is o(ually a roalfive marble, either white
or black. On ,his groond the defign is cut \Vilh a
ehirrel, after it has becn firO ealqoed. Afler il has
beeo cut of a conr.derablt depth, i. ( . an inch or more.
the e"Tilies are filled tlp with m;ubJe of a proper co)ollr,
finl f.OlÍ,' ned aeeording lO Ihe , .nd reduced :0
the tllickners of the indentures \Vilh v¡rious inflruments.
T o make the pieces thus ínfcrted ioto the indentures
c1e¡¡ve faH, whofc feveral co)ours are tO imitare thore
of lhe defigo, lhey llre a ,ltuc~oJ compofcd of lime and
n"rbk dull: or a I:iod of m,llie, ",hieh is prrp,red by
eftch \Vorkman, a(ler a din'c,:rent manncr peculiar tO
himfelf.
The figures bei l1g m:uked OI.H. the painrer or f~ulp­
tor himldl dr;tws with a p<" ncd the colours ~r th~
íifures, nul dC(crOlioeJ by lhe grnunJ . anJ '" th:
f.lOlC mann:r nuxcs {lrükl's or h:lldlings in lhe rlan'.
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