in the Greek grammar, denotes a verb with no accent marked on the last syllable, but nevertheless understood to have the grave accent. In Italian music, barytono answers to our common pitch of bass.

BAS-RELIEF. See Basso-Relievo.

Bas, James Philip, le, a modern French engraver, by whom there are some admirable prints. His great excellence consisted in landscapes and small figures, which he executed in a superior manner. We have also a variety of pretty vignettes by this artist. He flourished about the middle of the seventeenth century, but we have no account of the time of his birth or death.