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See also:CAVETTO (Ital. diminutive of See also:cave, hollow) , in See also:architecture, the See also:term given to a hollow See also:concave moulding sometimes employed in the See also:place of the cymatium of a See also:cornice, as in that of the Doric See also:order of the See also:theatre of See also:Marcellus . It forms the crowning feature of the, See also:Egyptian temples, and took the place of the cymatium in many of the See also:Etruscan temples . |
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