Note 1997 — BOOK XXXV. AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS.
John Bostock translation
“Graphice;” equivalent, perhaps, to our word “drawing.” “The elementary process consisted in drawing lines or outlines with the graphis, (or stylus) upon tablets of box; the first exercise was probably to draw a simple line.”—Wornum, in Smith’s Dict. Antiq. Art. Painting.