See also:

• GUTTA (Latin for " drop ")

GUTTA (Latin for " drop ")  , an architectural See also:

• TERM

term given to the small frusta of conical or cylindrical See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form carved below the See also:

• TRIGLYPH (Gr. rpelis, three, and yXv4 , an incision or carving)

triglyph and under the See also:

• REGULA

regula of the See also:

• ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet)

entablature of the Doric See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order . They are sometimes known as "trunnels," a corruption of "See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree-See also:

• NAIL (O. Eng. naegal, cf. Dutch, Ger., Swed. nagel; the word is also related to Lat. unguis, Gr. ovu, Sans. nakhas)

nail," and resemble the wooden pins which in framed See also:

• TIMBER

timber See also:

• WORK

work or in See also:

• JOINERY

joinery are employed to fasten together the pieces of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood; these are supposed to be derived from the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original timber construction of the Doric See also:

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

temple, in which the pins, driven through the regula, secured the latter to the See also:

• TAENIA (Gr. Tatyla, ribbon, fillet)

taenia, and, according to C . Chipiez and F . A . See also:

• CHOISY, FRANCOIS TIMOLEON, APIA DE (1644-1724)

Choisy, passed through the taenia to hold the triglyphs in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . In the earliest examples of the Doric Order at See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth and See also:

• SELINUS (EeXsvoiis)

Selinus, the guttae are completely isolated from the See also:

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

architrave, and in Temple C. at Selinus the guttae are 3 or 4 in. in front of it, as if to enable the See also:

• PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin to be driven in more easily . In later examples they are partly attached to the architrave . Similar guttae are carved under the mutules of the Doric See also:

• CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice, representing the pins driven through the mutules to secure the rafters . In the temples at Bassae, See also:

• PAESTUM (Gr.Iloveu3wvia; mod. Pesto)

Paestum and Selinus, instances have been found where the guttae had been carved separately and sunk into holes cut in the See also:

• SOFFIT (from Fr. soffite, Ital. soffitta, a ceiling, formed as if from su. fjictus for suff xus, Lat. suffigere, to fix underneath)

soffit of the mutules and the regula . Their See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant employment in the Doric temples suggests that, although originally of constructive origin, they were subsequently employed as decorative features .