Tab"la*ture (?), n. [Cf. F. tablature
ancient mode of musical notation. See Table.] 1.
(Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece
comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a
picture in general. Shaftesbury.
2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating
musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to
that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions
from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an
organ.
Evelyn.
3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables
with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial
bones.
Tab"la*ture (?), n. [Cf. F. tablature
ancient mode of musical notation. See Table.] 1.
(Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece
comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a
picture in general. Shaftesbury.
2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating
musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to
that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions
from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an
organ.
Evelyn.
3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables
with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial
bones.
