proscript (proskript)

[ an interdict. For whatsoeuer he were which for the diminution of the liberties of the church were excommunicat, and so continued a yeeres space, then he should be within the danger of this proscript . Foxe , Martyrs, p. 271, an. 1250. [ pro ery, the stage, also the fore part or entrance of It. proscrizione , proscriptio ( n- ), public no- a tent, πρό , be before, in front of, + σκηνή , a tent, scene: see scene .] 1. In the ancient theater, nent, proscription, proscribere , the stage before the scene or back wall. During his time, from the Proscenium ta'en, Thalia and Melpomene both vanish'd. Colman , Poetical Vagaries, p. 16. ( Davies .) In Asia Minor some of the theatres have their proscenia adorned with niches and columns, and friezes of great richne . 2. In the modern theater, that part of the house which lies between the curtain or drop-scene and the orchestra: often used also to mean the curtain and the arch or framework which holds it. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 271.