acrography

noun3

1. •
   An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.

   • The sign lists from Fara (WVDOG 43 7 and 69) show an structure unrelated both to VE and to the OB lists, their acrography is less strict. — 1986
2. •
   A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.

   • In wood engraving every line is forced along its direction, and the very awkwardness of the operation ultimately gives an authority to the printed line. In acrography this was not so. — 1969
3. •
   Decorative plasterwork of various styles used in Middle Eastern architecture.

   • One of the architectural arts is acrography or plaster work which has had its own form and style in each historical period. — 2011