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• PEDIMENT (equivalents, Gr. &ros, Lat. fastigium, Fr. ponton)

PEDIMENT (equivalents, Gr. &See also:

• ROS, or DE
• ROS, SIR RICHARD (b. 1429)

ros, See also:

• LAT

Lat. fastigium, Fr. ponton)  , in classic See also:

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

architecture the triangular-shaped portion of the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall above the See also:

• CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice which formed the termination of the roof behind it . The projecting See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings of the cornice which surround it enclose the tympanum, which is sometimes decorated with See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture . The See also:

• PEDIMENT (equivalents, Gr. &ros, Lat. fastigium, Fr. ponton)

pediment in classic architecture corresponds to the gable in See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic architecture, where the roof is of loftier See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch . It was employed by the Greeks only as the front of the roof which covered the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• BUILDING

building; the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, how-ever, adopted it as a decorative termination to a See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway, See also:

• NICHE (through Fr. niche from Ital. nicchia, nicchio, shell; possibly from Lat. mitulus, a sea-mussel; cf. " napkin " from mappa)

niche or window, and occasionally, in a See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row of windows or niches, alternated the triangular with a segmental pediment .. It was reserved for the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian architects of the decadence to break the pediment in the centre, thus destroying its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original purpose . The earliest See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word is pediment or peremint, probably a workman's corruption of " See also:

• PYRAMID

pyramid .