Fig. 246. Diamicton.
Diamicton, Gr. and R. (διαμίγνυμι, to mix up). A wall, of which the outside surface was made of brickwork or regular layers of masonry, and the centre was filled up with rubble. Fig. [246].
Diamond, for glass-cutting, was not used till the 16th century, although suggested in a Bolognese MS. of a century earlier. Its discovery is attributed to Francis I., who, to let the Duchesse d’Estampes know of his jealousy, wrote on the palace windows with his ring,—
“Souvent femme varie;
Mal habil qui s’y fie.”
The art of cutting and polishing diamonds with diamond powder was discovered by Louis de Berquem in 1476.
Diamond, in Christian art. (See White.)
Diamond Fret, Arch. The descriptive name for a decorated moulding in Norman architecture.
