In Antis Columns are 'in antis" when they stand between square piers call anta.
Ionic Order A classical order distinguished by a capital with spiral scrolls, called volutes.
Jamb The straight side of a doorway or window.
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In Antis
The term used to describe columns placed between the ends of two walls, commonly projecting from the ends of the cella of a small Greek Temple. Image courtesy of Gayle Goudy Kochanski ...
in antis: term descriptive of a portico with columns which do not project from but range with the flanking walls.
Ionic order: late Greek style of column and capital.
Distyle in antis - In classical architecture, a Portico with two columns between pilasters or antae.
Distyle in antis
a portico with two (round) columns between (square) pilasters.
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ANTA The end of a wall decorated by a pilaster. Columns in antis are columns between two antae, a customary arrangement for porticoes.
ANTEFIX A vertical ornament placed above the building's eaves.
In antis
Of classical columns, set between pilasters or square columns of equal height, often within a portico.IndentShape chiselled out of a stone to receive a monumental brass.
When there are columns between antae, as in a porch facade, rather than a solid wall, the columns are said to be in antis. (See temple.)
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Characterized by free-standing columns that stand forward from a wall (contrasted with columns in antis).
pseudo-peripteral ...
prostyle Characterized by free-standing columns that stand forward from a wall (contrasted with columns in antis).
Anta (-ae): pilaster forming the ends of the lateral walls of a temple cella; when the façade consists of columns set between two antae, the columns are said to be in antis ...
They are usually placed at the ends of a row of columns which are then said to be "in antis". Columns are usually fluted ie have concave grooves running the length of the shaft.
 See also: Antis, Classical, Portico, Pilaster, Church
  
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