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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PATERA , the Latin name for a shallow circular See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel used for drinking or for pouring libations . The See also:

Greek name for such a vessel was 4cakr/ . It has no See also:

FOOT

foot or See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem underneath, but occasionally a See also:

BOSS

boss rising in the centre inside . The See also:

TERM

term is sometimes given incorrectly in See also:

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

architecture to a circular disk carved with a conventional See also:

rose, which is found in many See also:

early styles, the proper term being rosette .

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