tarsiaEtymologyFrom Italian, from intarsiare.tarsia means intarsia. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounIntarsia.“1849, Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises: Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts of Painting, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass, republished 1999 [1967], Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: Original Texts with English Translations, page lviii, Tarsia work was frequently employed in decorating the choirs of churches, as well as the backs o”