| The allusion to Tarsia suggests some notice of the practice of the Roman bawds when they had secured a virgin. |
| Tarsia work was frequently employed in decorating the choirs of churches, as well as the backs of the seats and the wainscotings. It was also used in the panels of doors. |
| And then handicraft, whose most renowned expression is the wooden tarsia, but that boasts also a shipbuilding production of boats contended in all markets. |
| The study is panelled in tarsia of beautiful design and execution. |
| And in the choir are half a dozen rarely beautiful panels of tarsia, executed in a bold style and on a large scale. |
| The riddles which tarsia propounds to her father are obviously interpolated. |
