Dipteral - A term applied to a building with a double row of columns on each side. Distyle in antis - In classical architecture, a Portico with two columns between pilasters or antae.
dipteral Temples which have a double range of columns in the peristyle, as in the temple of Diana at Ephesus. distemper ...
Dipteral Referring to a temple surrounded by a double range of columns. Image courtesy of Gayle Goudy Kochanski ...
dipteral: (Greek) having two rows of columns around the cella. Doric order: (Greek) oldest classical form of column, usually employing entasis. dormer: window with its own roof set vertically in a sloping roof.
dipteral Impluvium labyrinth Madame Danglars threw a rapid and inquiring glance which could only be interpreted by Monte Cristo, around the court-yard, over the peristyle, and across the front of the house, then, repressing a slight emotion, ...
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