cymatium - (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) cyma cyma recta - a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex ...
Lesbian cymatium - A cyma reversa moulding often decorated with leaf and dart.
Cymatium A small cyma is called a cymatium. When a cyma is used as the crown moulding of an entablature, it is called a cymatium. Dentils ...
Cymatium - a molding on the cornice of some classical buildings. cyrto-style - circular projecting portico with columns, like those of the transept entrances of St Paul's cathedral and the western entrance of St Mary-le-Strand, London. D ...
Ante-fixae (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before), the vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Greek temple; as spaced they take the place of the cymatium and form a cresting along the sides of the temple.
See also: Greek, Architecture, Cornice, Ornament, Profile
 
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