Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Albarium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ALBA'RIUM or OPUS ALB. (κονίαμα). Stucco or cement, with which brick walls were covered, made out of sandstone, brick, and marble, powdered and ground together for an outside coating; or of gypsum and plaster of Paris, for the finer kinds used in the interior. Vitruv. vii. 2. Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 55. ib. 59.