AEDICULE An architectural surround, consisting usually of two columns or pilasters supporting a pediment. Literally means 'little building'. The Church of St.
Aedicule
(a) a small building used as a shrine; (b) a niche designed to hold a statue. Both types are formed by two columns or pilasters supporting a gable or pediment.
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Aedicule - Properly a shrine framed by two columns supporting an entablature and pediment, set in a temple and containing a statue; but also, more loosely, the framing of a door, window or other opening with two columns, ...
Aedicule. Small structure intended to house a sacred image or statue. It may also be a niche set into the external wall of a building.
aedicule an architectural elevation in miniature; a decorative niche, often housing an altar.
aerugo A sheen or patina either naturally occurring or simulated, which gives the appearance of age.
aedicule
A term now applied to the frames surrounding a classical doorway or window flanked by a pair of columns and topped by a pediment, but which has its origins in the architectural treatment of the shrines of the classical period.
Aedicule - A niche or opening framed by columns (or pilasters) supporting an entablature, usually with a pediment. Also known as: temple front.
Aedicule
- an opening framed by two columns an entablature, and usually a pediment, placed against a wall, often containing a statue. Can contain a door ie aediculed doorway.
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AEDICULE
An opening or shrine, often containing a statue, framed by a pair of pilasters or columns placed against a wall.
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In Gothic architecture a niche may be set within a tabernacle framing, like a richly-decorated miniature house ("aedicule"), such as might serve for a reliquary. Backings for altars in churches ("reredos") can be embedded with niches for statues.
One of the best door-surrounds in the country, this beautifully restored Regency doorway has all the elements of a classic 'aedicule'. There are paired Ionic columns, and entablature, dentils, a cornice, and a fabulous six panel door.
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derived largely from the decoration of ancient Roman interiors. It is one of the major contributions to the Neo-Classical phase of British architecture.AddorsedDescriptive of two figures placed back to back. Compare affronted.Aedicule ...
 See also: Frame, Gothic, Architecture, Church, Classical
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