Abacus
The uppermost portion of a capital directly below the entablature or the arch spring. Usually these are just plain square slabs, but sometimes they are molded or decorated. See also Echinus.
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Latin: "abacus" = table, tablet
Greek Doric - square without chamfer or molding
Greek Ionic - thinner with ovolo molding only ...
Abacus - Flat piece at the top of the capital. (Picture shown above).
Abattoir - A public slaughter house.
Abbey - A convent under an abbot: the church now or formerly attached to it.
abacus
The uppermost member of a capital, the flat stone slab underneath the entablature that forms the top of the capital of a classical column on which the architrave or supporting beam rests.
ABACUS In Greek and Roman orders, the architrave rests on the abacus, a square flat stone on top of a capital.
Abacus - The flat slab on the top of a capital: in Greek Doric a tick square slab; in Greek Ionic, Tuscan, Roman Doric and Ionic, square with the lower edge moulded; in Corinthian and Composite with concave sides and the corners cut off.
Abacus
In architecture, a flat slab that sits on top of a capital and beneath the architrave. It is also called an impost block. Also see: capital, column, cornice, Corinthian, Doric, entablature, frieze, Ionic, shaft, stylobate.
abacus: the flat slab at the top of a column separating the entablature from the capital.
absidiole: a small chapel projecting from the apse of a church or cathedral.
Abacus - Flat portion on top of a capital.
Aisle - Space between arcade and outer wall.
Allure - Walkway along the top of a wall.
Abacus
the flat slab that forms the topmost unit of a Doric column and on which the architrave rests.
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Abacus
(Literally-a tablet) A flat slab forming the top of a capital.
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abacus The flat plate on the top of a capitol on which the architrave rests.
acanthus A plant whose leaf is used to decorate the capital of the Corinthian order, also found in moldings.
abacus : A tablet placed horizontally on the capital of a column, aiding the support of the architrave.
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abacus or impost block: The slab at the top of a capital between the capital and the architectural member above. See also column, pier. Other parts of a column or pier: capital, shaft, column base.
Abacus
In the Doric Order, the abacus is a square slab that sits on top of the column's capital and supports the architrave or arch. The function of an abacus is to broaden the support provided by the column.
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Abacus
A stone slab at the top of a classical column aiding the support of the architrave.
Acropolis
The elevated stronghold in ancient Greek cities.
Abacus
- the flat slab which sits on top of a capital. See Classical Architecture.
Abacus - The flat stone slab underneath the entablature that forms the top of the capital of a classical column supporting a beam.
ABACUS: the flat slab on the top of a capital ACROTERIA: statues or ornaments placed at the apex and the ends of pediments ARCH: the spanning of an opening by reasons other than that of a lintel ARCHITRAVE: the lintel extending from one column or ...
A Abacus: Flat portion on top of a capital. Acanthus: A Mediterranean plant. The leaves are thick, fleshy, and scalloped. A stylization of the acanthus leaf began in Greek and Roman decoration, especially on the Corinthian capital.
abacus Rectangular strip running along the top of a capital, sometimes decoratively carved. ambulatory A covered passage around and behind the altar, linking it with chapels at the east end of the church.
Architectural features abacus, acanthus, accolade, acroter, aisle, ambulatory, amphiprostyle, amphistylar, ancon or ancone, annulet, anta, antefix, anthemion, apophyge or hypophyge, apse or apsis, apteral, arcade, arcature, arch, architrave, ...
As in the earliest example known, that of the archaic temple of Diana at Ephesus, the width of the abacus is twice that of the depth, constituting therefore a bracket-capital; it is probable that at first it consisted of an oblong block of timber, ...
The logical sense, that demanded the grounding of every downward thrust of vault rib either at the pavement or on the abacus of the pier or column caps, was not operative, ...
Above the capital is a square abacus connecting the capital to the entablature. The Entablature is divided into two horizontal registers, the lower part of which is either smooth or divided by horizontal lines.
On a column, a block between abacus and capital.In antis
Of classical columns, set between pilasters or square columns of equal height, often within a portico.IndentShape chiselled out of a stone to receive a monumental brass.
Tuscan column architecture is characterized by an unfluted shaft and a capital that only consist of an abacus and an echinus. In proportions the pillar is similar to the Doric order, but overall it is significantly plainer.
Stalks (eight in number) with two leaves from which rise the helices or spiral scrolls of the Corinthian capital to support the abacus....
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