DISCHARGING See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

ARCH  , in See also:

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

architecture, an See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch built over a See also:

• LINTEL (0. Fr. lintel, mod. linteau, from Late Lat. limitellum, limes, boundary, confused in sense with limen, threshold; the Latin name is supercilium, Ital. soprasogli, and Ger. Stutz)

lintel or See also:

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

architrave to take off the superincumbent See also:

• WEIGHT

weight . The earliest example is found in the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• PYRAMID

Pyramid, over the lintels of the entrance passage to the See also:

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

tomb: it consisted of two stones only, resting one against the other . The same See also:

• OBJECT

object was attained in the See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

Lion See also:

• GATE

Gate and the tomb of See also:

• AGAMEMNON

Agamemnon, both in See also:

• MYCENAE

Mycenae, and in other examples in See also:

• GREECE

Greece, where the stones laid in See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal courses, one projecting over the other, See also:

• LEFT

left a triangular hollow space above the lintel of the See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, which was subsequently filled in by See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical sculptured 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 panels . The See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans frequently employed the discharging arch, and inside the See also:

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

portico of the See also:

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

Pantheon the architraves have such See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches over them . In the See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Gateway of the See also:

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

palace of See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian at See also:

• SPALATO, or SPALATRO (Serbo-Croatian Spljet or Split)

Spalato the discharging arches, semicircular in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, were adopted as architectural features and decorated with See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings . The same is found in the synagogues in See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine of the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; and later, in See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine architecture, these moulded archivolts above an architrave constitute one of the characteristics of the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian churches in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where a See also:

• COLONNADE

colonnade divided off the See also:

• NAVE

nave and aisles, discharging arches are turned in the See also:

• FRIEZE

frieze just above the architraves .