Herm - Originally, a rectangular pillar terminating in a head or bust (usually of Hermes), used to mark boundaries, etc. in ancient Greece. The form was adopted by Renaissance and post-Renaissance architects.
herm: a pier ending in a head or bust, often a female figure used as a support.
hexastyle: term descriptive of a 6-columned portico.
hipped roof: a pitched roof in which the ends are also sloped.
Herm. A tapering pilaster which, in ancient Greece, was sculpted with the head of a god (usually Hermes). More generally, it now indicates any sculpture representing a human bust.
High-relief. * Alto rilievo.
Horseshoe arch. * Arch.
herm a statue of the head of a Greek god set on a square stone pillar. hermitage a garden building, often complete with a hired "hermit" to live there, calculated to raise an appreciation for contemplation in the context of nature.
 See also: Doric, Masonry, Plaster, Portico, Roman
  
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