Coffering - Decoration of a ceiling, a vault, or an arch soffit, consisting of sunken square or polygonal ornamental panels.
Coffer - San Lorenzo - Florence
Colonnade - A row of columns carrying an entablature or arches.
Coffering
Recessed panels, square or polygonal, that ornament a vault, ceiling, or the underside (soffit) of an arch. Image courtesy of Gretchen Ranger ...
coffering: sunken square or polygonal panels in ceilings, vaults and in the soffits of arches.
colonnade: a row of columns.
colonnette: a small column.
COFFERING
Arrangement of sunken panels (coffers), square or polygonal, decorating a ceiling, vault, or arch.
COLLONADE
Range of columns supporting an entablature.
COFFERING: an arrangement of sunken panels decorating a vault or arch soffit. COLLAR BEAM: a major roof beam which crosses a roof transversely above the tie beams, to connect a pair of principal rafters.
 See also: Choir, Corinthian, Crossing, Coffer, Shaft
  
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