wax tablet
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwaxandtablet
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wax
noun
uk/wæks/us/wæks/
a solid substance containing a lot of fat that becomes soft and melts ...
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tablet
noun[C]
uk/ˈtæb.lət/us/ˈtæb.lət/
a small, solid piece ...
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(Definition ofwaxandtabletfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Unfortunately, direct archaeological evidence in the form of an extantwaxtabletbearing musical notation is thus far lacking.
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This passage does, at least, further associatewaxtablettechnology with those who performed musical functions.
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Renier's piece could scarcely be improved upon as an explicit statement of the use of awaxtabletfor composing music.
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Thewaxtabletis here considered alongside other media which use visual symbols to transmit music, and is declared no more inadequate to that task than the parchment codex.
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There are almost no technological grounds to withhold wax tablets from the hands of composers of polyphony anytime from the eleventh to the fifteenth century.
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There has been some restoration to the tablets, but the features characteristic of wax tablets appear attested from original portions.
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Wax tablets contain the original inspiration, the beginning of literary composition, of which the bound volume is the end product.
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Court records and notes were written on wax tablets, while important documents were written on papyrus or parchment.
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Wax tablets were used for a variety of purposes, from taking down students' or secretaries' notes to recording business accounts.
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Complex designs were planned out beforehand, probably on wax tablets, the sketch pad of the era.
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His figures and perhaps diagrams were recorded on wax tablets, later to be written up on scrolls.
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The teacher read ("legere" was synonymous with "docere") while the pupils took down his dictation in their wax tablets (parchment was too expensive).
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Wax tablets were used for high-volume business records of transient importance until the 19th century.
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Wax tablets were in common use then as reusable writing surfaces, sometimes used for shorthand.
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This exhibition was thoroughly reorganized and expanded in 2007, adding most prominently some recently discovered late medieval wax tablets.
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Wax tablets were used as writing surfaces.
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Devices of this form were quite popular in the ancient world, wax tablets being coated with wax on inner faces, for recording notes and for measuring time and direction.
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