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METOPE (Gr. ierbml, a middle space)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 299 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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METOPE (Gr. ierbml, a middle space)

METOPE (Gr. ierbml, a See also:
MIDDLE
middle space) , a See also:

TERM

term in See also:

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

architecture for the square See also:

RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess between the triglyphs in a Doric See also:

FRIEZE

frieze, which is sometimes filled with See also:

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