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See also:OVOLO (adapted from Ital. uovolo, diminutive of uovo, an See also:egg; other See also:foreign equivalents are Fr. ore, echine, quart de rond; See also:Lat. See also:echinus) , in See also:architecture, a See also:convex moulding known also as the See also:echinus, which in Classic architecture was invariably carved with the See also:egg and See also:tongue . In See also:Roman and See also:Italian See also:work the moulding is called by workmen a See also:quarter See also:round . It must not be confounded with the echinus of the See also:Greek Doric See also:capital, as this was of a more varied See also:form and of much larger dimensions than the See also:ovolo, which was only a subordinate moulding . |
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