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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 444 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARCHIVOLT (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and volta, a vault)

ARCHIVOLT (from See also:
LAT
Lat. arcus, an See also:
ARCH
ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )
arch, and See also:
VOLTA
VOLTA, ALESSANDRO (1745-1827)
volta, a vault) , an architectural See also:

TERM

term applied to the See also:

MOULDINGS

mouldings of an See also:

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

architrave, when carried See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round an arched opening .

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