tablature

• ⇰ A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general.
• ⇰ An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
• ⇰ Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; <as>as, the <ex>tablature</ex> of the cranial bones</as>.