_School of the Heart_ (Vol. iii., p. 390.).--Your correspondent S. T. D.
will find in the "Prefatory Notice to the Synagogue," printed with
Herbert's _Temple_, edit. Pickering, an account of Christopher Harvey
and his works; also in Walton's _Angler_, edited by Sir H. Nicolas.
[Greek: (p)].
_Meaning of Mosaic_ (Vol. iii., p. 389.).--The breast-plate of the
Jewish High Priest, as commanded by _Moses_, was to be four square, and
that divided into twelve squares, to designate the twelve tribes of
Israel: from this circumstance, the word _Mosaic_ was derived as a term
of Art, being a series or congregate of small squares of different
coloured stones, applicable to the formation of any tesselated figure.
Vide 39th chap. of Exodus, from verse 8. to 14, inclusive.
JOHN KENTOR.
Glyn y mêl, May 21. 1851.
_Mosaic_.--This word would appear to be derived from the Greek, [Greek:
mousa ek myô], _to close by pressure_; Latin, _musa_ vel _musivum_, that
is, "opus eximia compositione tessellatum," a piece of _tesselated_ or
_chequered_ work of superior manufacture, in regard to the manner in
which the small stones or pieces of wood are _closed_ or _joined_
together.