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ARCHITRAVE (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and trabs, trabem, a beam)

ARCHITRAVE (from
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LAT
Lat. arcus, an
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ARCH
ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )
arch, and trabs, trabem, a
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BEAM
BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)
beam) , an architectural

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TERM

term for the

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CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief

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beam which carries the superstructure and rests immediately on the columns . In the

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ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary

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ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet)

entablature it is the lowest of the three divisions, the other two being the

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FRIEZE

frieze and the

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CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice (see

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ORDER) . The term is also applied to the moulded

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FRAME

frame of a

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DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway .

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