Excerpt from The American Vignola, Vol. 1: The Five Orders A beam that spans the space between two piers or columns, or between a pier Or column and a wall, is called an Archi trave, or Epistyle. Above it, between the Architrave and the Cornice, there is generally a little strip of wall called the Frieze. Architrave, Frieze, and Cornice constitute the Entablature. A series of columns is called a Colonnade, Fig. 12. I The spaces between piers or columns are sometimes spanned by Arches, a series of which is called an Arcade, ...
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Excerpt from The American Vignola, Vol. 1: The Five Orders A beam that spans the space between two piers or columns, or between a pier Or column and a wall, is called an Archi trave, or Epistyle. Above it, between the Architrave and the Cornice, there is generally a little strip of wall called the Frieze. Architrave, Frieze, and Cornice constitute the Entablature. A series of columns is called a Colonnade, Fig. 12. I The spaces between piers or columns are sometimes spanned by Arches, a series of which is called an Arcade, Fig. The space between two parallel walls is sometimes covered by a sort of continuous arch, called a Vault, instead of by a floor or roof, Fig. 14. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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