Scotia
A deep concave moulding found on Classical Ionic column bases and Baroque bases between the torus moldings.
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Scotia - A concave moulding which casts a strong shadow, as on the base of a column between the two torus mouldings.
SCOTIA A concave moulding found on a column's base.
SERLIANA See Palladian.
Scotia
A concave molding used as the intermediate part of a base. Image courtesy of Heather Russell
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The cylindrical body of a column between capital and base. Image courtesy of Heather Russell ...
Scotia - A deep concave moulding.
Scolung foliage - Decoration with naturalistic forms, particularly acanthus leaves and abstract curving lines, derived from Classical Greece.
Scotia
A concave moulding between two fillets. A scotia is one of the elements used in the Attic base of columns.
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Wood was the dominant medium of construction in 19th- and early 20th-century Antigonish, Nova Scotia. However, it should be noted that not all buildings were designed in a single historical style.
ATTIC BASE, the term given in architecture to the base of the Roman Ionic order, consisting of an upper and lower torus, separated by a scotia and fillets.
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Scotia - Concave moulding at the base of a column that casts a strong shadow.
A roof truss framed at the bottom by crossed intersecting beams like open scissors.Scotia
A hollow classical moulding, especially on a column base.Scottish or Scotch Baronial
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Its most frequent employment is in the bases of columns; in the Roman Doric order being the lowest moulding; in the Ionic orders there are generally two torus mouldings separated by a scotia [a deep concave molding between two fillets] with fillets ...
upon the stylobate is the plinth, a square block - sometimes circular - which forms the lowest part of the base. The remainder of the base may be given one or many moldings with profiles. Common examples are the convex torus and the concave scotia, ...
is the plinth, a square or circular block which forms the lowest part of the base. The remainder of the base may contain many circular moldings with architecturally stylistic profiles. Some examples are the convex torus and the concave scotia, ...
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