See also:

• DENTIL (from Lat. dens, a tooth)

DENTIL (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• DENS, PETER (1690-1775)

dens, a tooth)  , in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a small tooth-shaped See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block used as a repeating See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament in the See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed-See also:

• MOULD

mould of a See also:

• CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice . See also:

• VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius (iv . 2) states that the See also:

• DENTIL (from Lat. dens, a tooth)

dentil represents the end of a See also:

• RAFTER

rafter (See also:

• ASSER, or ASSERIUS MENEVENSIS (d. c. 910)

asser); and since it occurs in its most pronounced See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in the Ionic temples of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, the Lycian tombs and the porticoes and tombs of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, where it represents distinctly the See also:

• REPRODUCTION

reproduction in See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of See also:

• TIMBER

timber construction, there is but little doubt as to its origin . The earliest example is that found on the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

• DARIUS (Pers. Darayavaush; Old Test. Daryavesh)

Darius, c . 500 B.C., cut in the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock in which the See also:

• PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico of his See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace is reproduced . Its first employment in See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens is in the cornice of the caryatid portico or See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

tribune of the See also:

• ERECHTHEUM

Erechtheum (48o B.C.) . When subsequently introduced into the bed-mould of the cornice of the choragic See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of Lysicrates it is much smaller in its dimensions . In the later temples of See also:

• IONIA

Ionia, as in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• PRIENE (mod. Samsun kale)

Priene, the larger See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of the dentil is still retained . As a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• RULE

rule the See also:

• PROJECTION

projection of the dentil is equal to its width, and the intervals between to See also:

• HALF

half the width . In some cases the projecting See also:

• BAND

band has never had the sinkings cut into it to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide up the dentils, as in the See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and it is then called a dentil-band . The dentil was the See also:

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

chief decorative feature employed in the bed-mould by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans and the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian Revivalists . In the See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

porch of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Studius at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, the dentil and the See also:

• INTERVAL

interval between are equal in width, and the interval is splayed back from See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top to bottom; this is the form it takes in what is known as the " Venetian dentil," which was copied from the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine dentil in See also:

• SANTA

Santa See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia, Constantinople .

There, however, it no longer formed See also:

• PART

part of a bed-mould: its use at Santa Sophia was to decorate the projecting moulding enclosing the encrusted See also:

• MARBLES

marbles, and the dentils were cut alternately on both sides of the moulding . The Venetian dentil was also introduced as a See also:

• LABEL (a French word, now represented by lambeau, possibly a variant; it is of obscure origin and may be connected with a Teutonic word appearing in the English " lap," a flap or fold)

label See also:

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

round See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches and as a See also:

• STRING

string course .