Armarium

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Full definition of armarium

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1. Synonym of en
• 1870, William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, The armarium was generally placed in the atrium of the house.
• 1995, Professor Clark also quotes from the Customs of the Augustinian Order, which required that the armarium be "lined inside with wood, that the damp of the walls may not moisten or stain the books," ...
• 1997, Jocelyn Penny Small, Wax Tablets of the Mind: Cognitive Studies of Memory and Literacy in Classical Antiquity, An earlier example of an armarium (AD 424—450) appears in a representation of St Lawrence in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, for which see Kitzinger, fig. 95.
• 1998, Jean-Pierre Mouton, Mont-Saint-Michel: A Monk Talks about His Abbey (page 40)You can see evidence of this activity: in the south wall is the armarium where the monks kept their books.
2. (entomology) proventriculus
• 1963, Memoir - Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, The proventriculus of both the Blattaria and Isoptera conforms to the basic orthopteran plan and consists of an anterior armarium and the posterior stomodaeal valve; the armarium tapers posteriorly as it merges with the narrow valve.
• 1964, F. A. McKittrick, Evolutionary Studies of Cockroaches, The proventriculi of both Arenivaga bolliana and Hypercomps fieberi appear to lack the anterior dental belt of the armarium; otherwise, they are dissimilar.
• 1975, Lucy D. Leake, Comparative Histology: An Introduction to the Microscopic Structure of Animals, The sclerotized portion of the proventriculus (armarium) has six cuticular folds each armed with a tooth for crushing food and a pulvillus bearing hairs which forms a fine filter.
• 1991, H.S. Bhamrah, Introduction to Arthropoda, Anteriorly it bears an armarium and posteriosly a stomodaeal valve.----