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bistinctus

, bis + tinctus.
Searchable Lemmata: bis tinctum (L), bistinctus (L), bisteint (AF).
Alternate Forms: bistincto.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(adj.) ; twice-dyed; appears in the L phrase 'coccoque bis tincto' from Exodus 26:1and in its AF translation 'cocte bisteinte'.(circa 700 - 1400)
1. tabernaculum vero fiet decem cortinas de bysso retorta et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto variatas opere plumario facies [DOE Biblia Sacra (Fischer, et al.) (Ex 26,1)]
2. facient autem superumerale de auro et hycintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere polymito [DOE Biblia Sacra (Fischer, et al.) (Ex 28,6)]
3. curtinarum sive stragularum textura ... curtinae veteris delubri ... ex auro, jacintho, purpura [gl.: purpura apud Latinos a puritate lucis vocata, apud Grecos purphira dicitur, godwebbe], bis tincto cocco sive vermiculo cum bisso retorto dispari murice fulsisse describuntur Biblical/Hagiographic. curtinae ... bistincto cocco sive vermiculo fulsisse describuntur [DMLBS ALDH. (VirgP 15) ante 709]
4. bistinctus coccus, twegra bleo Gloss. (cf. DMLBS WW 212) [DMLBS WW (195 (cf. 212)) 900/1000]
5. [mulier] in capitergia preciosa, sindonem et sericum et coccum bis tinctum ... nos [libros] consulit commutandos Other. [DMLBS R. BURY (Phil. 4.61) 1344]
6. [55ra] ... une tente ... de purpre et de cocte bisteinte (Vulgate: coccoque bistincto) et bisse retorte ... [54rb] ... dys cortines ... de oevere cosee ... [55vb] ... Il avera deux haretz (ME hemmes) jointes en l’une et l’altre costiere des haltesces qu’il veignent en un (Latin: Duas oras iunctas habebit in utroque latere summitatum, ut in unum redeant) ... Et il prendrount or et jacinte et purpre et cocte bistincte (ME twiz litted) ... [56va] ... tu estreinderas la cote de bis et une mitre bissine ... Biblical/Hagiographic. [AND Bible2 (55ra/b-55vb-56va) circa 1300/1325]
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Ceremonial: No
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    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Biblical; ultimately from Greek.
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