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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 680 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INTAGLIO (an Ital. word, from intagliare, to incise, cut into) , a
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form of
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engraving or
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carving, in which the
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pattern or
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design is sunk below the
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surface of the material thus treated, opposed to "
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cameo " or " relievo "—carving or engraving where the design is raised .
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Intaglio is thus applied to incised gems, as cameo (q.v.) to gems cut in
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relief (see GEMS) .

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