Scroll saw: a hand or power saw with a narrow ribbonlike blade for cutting curved or irregular shapes
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Scroll - An ornamental in the form of a scroll of paper partly rolled. In classical architecture, the volute of an Ionic or Corinthian capital. In Early English and Decorated Gothic architecture, a moulding in such a form.
scroll brackets - brackets in the shape of scrolls.
spool-and-spindle - Eastlake ornament of turned wood, shaped like wooden spools (rimmed cylinders) and spindles (rounded tapering sticks). (p. 30 - under both porch roofs, p.
Scroll pediment
Broken pediment with each half shaped in the form of a reverse curve, and ending in an ornamental scroll. Usually a finial is placed in the center between the two halves.
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Scroll
(a) a length of writing material, such as papyrus or parchment, rolled up into a cylinder; (b) a curved molding resembling a scroll (e.g., the volute of an Ionic or Corinthian capital).
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sawn scroll work
when the scroll saw was invented many decorative features for homes were made for vergeboards, brackets, tympanums. The term õgingerbreadö often refers to this type of external architectural decoration.
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Wavescroll - An undulating continuous scroll pattern as a frieze or banding ornament for classical architecture.
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Abacus
A stone slab at the top of a classical column aiding the support of the architrave.
Acropolis
The elevated stronghold in ancient Greek cities.
Scroll on Arch of Entrance to Building
Steep roof peaks and red clay tiles are normal in Brugge.
This building is on a point. It is a trapezoid.
The normal stepped front facade.
Another scroll is found on the mantel in the library. Flanked by built-in bookcases, the fireplace is incorporated into the room primarily for warmth, but is an important design feature.
console A scroll-shaped projecting bracket that supports a horizontal member.
coping A protective cap, top or cover of a wall parapet, commonly sloping to protect masonry from water.
[from French: scroll, cartridge, from Italian cartoccio, from carta paper; see card1]
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Characterized by scrolled ornaments and lacy "gingerbread" trim, these small cottages are often called Carpenter Gothic.
Homes in the Carpenter Gothic style usually have these features: ...
volute - The scroll-like spiral dominating the top of an Ionic column
voussoir - A wedge-shaped stone or brick in an arch
water table - A projection of molding at the first-floor level that protects the foundation from water ...
Paul's dress, the scroll in his hands, and the container with more scrolls at his feet, all identify Paul as a philosopher. A third century sarcophagus or tomb now in the church of Sta.
Volute
- a spiral scroll, found on the capital of the ionic order. The centre is often referred to as the "eye".
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The codex form replaced the scroll as the most common form of manuscript in the Early Christian period. Coffer: The sunken area created between the crossing of structural members.
VOLUTE (Lat. volutum, volvere, to roll up), in architecture, the spiral scroll of the capital of the Ionic order.
A synagogue may contain any (or none) of these features: an ark, called aron ha-kodesh by Ashkenazim and hekhal by Sephardim, where the Torah scrolls are kept (the ark is often closed with an ornate curtain (parokhet) outside or inside the ark doors); ...
A pair of volutes or spiral scrolls turned outwards to meet at the corner of a capital, especially an Ionic capital.Anglo-SaxonThe architecture of the 7th to mid-11th centuries, i.e. before the Norman Conquest of 1066.
A tablet with an ornate scroll frame. Usually of elliptical shape and bearing a coat of arms or inscription, often found above monuments. Many have an indication of a nose and eyes in the top or bottom of the scrollwork.
Wooden "gingerbread" trim in scrolled and rounded "fish-scale" patterns frequently graces gables and porches. Massive cut stone foundations are typical of period houses.
Ionic A form of Classical architecture characterized by slender fluted columns, large bases like stacked rings and capitals decorated with scroll shapes. jamb A vertical post supporting a window frame or doorway.
The church of Santa Maria La Blanca was built as a synagogue in 1250 and contains four rows of arches supported on octagonal brick piers with capitals decorated with fir cones and punctuate scrolls.
(Pronunciation: "kah-keh-MOH-noh") A Japanese hanging scroll. Consists of a painting or calligraphy backed by paper, framed by fabric, and attached to a wooden dowel.
vitruvian wave A series of scrolls connected by a wave-like band; also called a wave scroll, or a Greek wave; common motif in classical ornament.
volute In classical architecture, the spiral ornament on a capital.
With the invention of scroll saws, or jigsaws, wood trim was mass produced in elaborate forms -- resulting in the Carpenter Gothic. The example shown here has been modified several times: 1) the top 19th-century story was removed, 2) the exterior ...
bargeboard - fancy, wooden ornately carved scrollwork, attached to and hanging down under the eaves of the projecting edge of a gable roof
baseboard (skirting board) - interior finish trim hiding the wall and floor junction ...
Modillion - A small ornamental bracket, usually scroll-shaped at an eave.
Mullion - A vertical bar of wood, metal or stone which divides a window into two or more parts.
Muntin - A window pane divider.
volute - a spiral scroll, as on Ionic (especially characteristic), Corinthian, or Composite capitals, or on consoles, etc.; a stair crook having an easement with a sprial section of stair rail.
Ionic Order -- A classical order characterized by a capital with spiral scrolls, called volutes.
Lattice -- An openwork grill of interlacing wood strips used as screening.
Lintel -- A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
MODILLION
Horizontal, often scroll-shaped bracket placed under eaves and other overhangs.
MULLION
Vertical structural element between two windows.
Bracket - A small supporting piece of wood or stone, often formed of scrolls or other decorative shapes, designed to bear a projected weight, such asa a window.
Bratice - A timber towere, or projecting wooden gallery.
volute: the spiral scroll on the corners of Ionic and Corinthian capitals; immediately beneath the abacus.
voussoir: a wedge-shaped stone or brick in an arch.
It refers to the land itself and to the buildings upon it. voluteVolute derives from the Latin voluta=scroll, and is is used for the scroll decoration in the classical Orders of European architecture.
in Renaissance ornament, a tablet imitating a scroll with ends rolled up, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription or arms.
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Stalks (eight in number) with two leaves from which rise the helices or spiral scrolls of the Corinthian capital to support the abacus....
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BRACKETS Ornamental supports, usually of wood or pressed metal, which appear at the cornice line of a building. They may be incised into a scrolled patten or be more simply molded and are common to all Italinate style buildings, ...
CAMPO SANTO
Cemetery, literally "Holy Field," the place where baptized Catholics, including Indian neophytes, were buried. (Scroll down to see the definition of "neophyte.")
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Ionic capital: A capital used originally by the Greeks in a system of supports called the Ionic order. An Ionic capital has a volute, or a spiral scroll-like carving, on each side as its major decoration.
The Corinthian capitals have flowers and leaves below a small scroll. The shaft has flutes and the base is like the Ionian. Unlike the Doric and Ionian cornices, which are at a slant, the Corinthian roofs are flat.
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Ionic Order Second of the three Greek orders. Its capital is decorated with spiral scrolls (volutes). Back to Top
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Still possessing the design of flutes, the Ionic Column is differentiated by its decorative capital composed of volutes, or scrolls, and its use of an architectural base.
An Ionic capital has a volute, or a spiral scroll-like carving, on each side as its major decoration. In the medieval period, including in Armenia, the Ionic capital was often used without a strict adherence to the rest of the order.
(A Barrel Vault was round rather than pointed in the Gothic style.)
Vice - spiral stair.
Vitrified - material reduced to glass by extreme heat.
Volute - spiral scroll at angle of a capital.
Voussoir - wedge-shaped stones in arch.
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Pediment: A pediment is an architectural embellishment used at the top of door- and window-surround compositions. Pediments can take many forms: triangular (peaked like a gable), segmental, scrolled, etc.
The three types of columns normally seen on greek revival house plans are the Doric (which has plain capitals), the Ionic (which has scroll-like spiral called volutes), and the corinthian (which has decorative leaves).
Volumetric - Relating to the three dimensional qualities of a space.
Volute - Spiral scroll carved on the capital of an Ionic column.
Voussoir - Wedge-shaped block, one of a number used to form an arch.
Sometimes Gothic Revival Cottages are referred to as Carpenter Gothic. With the invention of steam-powered saw mills and new saws, Carpenter Gothic styles were heavily decorated with lacey "gingerbread" trim and scrolled ornaments.
order one of the five classical architectural formulas consisting of base, column, and entablature: seen most easily in the capital of a column, the orders range from the plainest (Tuscan and Doric) to the scrolled Ionic, the leafy Corinthian, ...
slender tower TYMPANUM: the area between the lintel of a doorway and the arch above it VAULT: an arched ceiling or roof of stone, brick, or concrete VERANDA: and open gallery or balcony with a roof supported by light supports VOLUTE: a spiral scroll ...
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