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annulet - (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel"
roundel
armorial bearing, heraldic bearing, bearing, charge - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield ...

 


Annulet: A circular finishing found on pillars or piers often decorated with carvings as in Gothic Architecture.
Arcade: A series of arches supported by columns or piers.

Shaft-ring or annulet or corbel-ring - A motif of the 12th and 13th Century consisting of a ring round a shaft ...

In the Greek Doric capital it is the space between the annulets of the echinus and the grooves which marked the junction of the shaft and capital; in some early examples, as in the basilica and temple of Ceres at Paestum and the temple at Metapontum, ...

(also colarin or colarino) The little frieze of the captial of the Tuscan and Doric column placed between the astragal, and the annulets. It was called by Vitruvius, hypotrachelium.
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A ring around a circular pier or a shaft attached to a pier, typical of the 12th and 13th centuries. Also called an annulet.Shaped gable ...

Colarin - (also colarino or collarino) The little frieze of the capital of the Tuscan and Doric column placed between the astragal, and the annulets. It was called hypotrachelium by Vitruvius.

Annulet A ring around a circular pier or shaft. A circle on a shield used in heraldry
Antipope Someone elected in opposition to the current Pope. Not recognised by the Vatican City.

See also: Ornament, Architecture, Shaft, Arch, Frame

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