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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 444 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARCHIVOLT (from
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Lat. arcus, an
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arch, and
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volta, a vault) , an architectural
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term applied to the
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mouldings of an
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architrave, when carried
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round an arched opening .

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