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Opus sectile - Ornamental paving or wall covering made from marble slabs cut in various, generally geometric, shapes.
And the earlier its date the more surely was it a mosaic, not in the form of tesserae, but in the manner known as "opus sectile." Shaped pieces of coloured glass were, that is to say, put together like the parts of a puzzle. The x11.
A sloping member of a staircase covering the ends of the treads and risers and cut into their shape; hence an open-string staircase. Compare closed string.Opus sectileDecorative mosaic-like facing.
 See also: Arch, Roman, Mosaic, Architecture, Floor
  
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