‖ gradino
(graˈdino)
[It.: see gradin.]
a. = gradin 2. b. A work of painting or sculpture intended to ornament the ‘gradin’ of an altar.
| 1883 C. C. Perkins It. Sculpt. 18 An altar whose ‘gradino’ is covered with extremely flat reliefs sculptured by Alphonso Lombardi. 1886 Athenæum 4 Sept. 312/2 His [Civitali's] niche is secured in the Temple of Fame, not in the central line..but in some modest gradino, like those on his own altarpieces and monuments. |