Triglyph
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TRIGLYPH (Gr. Tp€is, three, and yXvnii, an incision or carving), an architectural term for the vertically channelled tablets of the Doric frieze, so called because of the angular channels in them, ...
triglyphic adj
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Triglyph
Found in Doric entablatures, a block separating the metopes, having three vertical channels.
triglyph:
an ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having three parallel vertical channels on its face
tympanum:
a recessed ornamental space or panel enclosed by the cornices of a triangular pediment ...
triglyph
In classical architecture, one of a series of raised ornamental panels in a Doric frieze that consist of three vertical bands; triglyphs alternate with metopes.
Triglyph: projecting members separating the metopes of a Doric frieze and divided into three strips by two vertical grooves
Velatium: the awning stretched above a amphitheater to protect spectators from the sun ...
Triglyph (TRY glif)
Ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of raised blocks of three vertical bands separated by V-shaped grooves, alternating with plain or sculptured panels called metopes.
TRIGLYPH A rectangular block between metopes in a Doric frieze usually ornamented by vertical grooves.
VERGEBOARD See bargeboard.
VESTRY A room attached to a church, where the clergy and choir robe in religious garments.
Triglyph
In a Doric frieze, the projecting block marked by vertical grooves (glyphs) between the rectangular areas known as metopes Image courtesy of Heather Russell ...
triglyph: a vertically-grooved block separating metopes in a Doric frieze, possibly originally covering the ends of wooden roof beams.
trompe l’oeil: illusionistic painting.
triglyph - In the frieze of a Doric entablature, a rectangular block that has three vertical strips formed by two grooves.
trumeau - a center post supporting the lintel that spans the width of an arch in a Romanesque portal ensemble.
Triglyph
in a Doric frieze, the rectangular area between the metopes, decorated with three vertical grooves (glyphs).
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Triglyph
- the blocks with vertical grooves separating the metopes in a doric frieze. Said to represent beam ends.
See Classical Architecture.
Triglyph
A rectangular detail, representative of the beams used in post and beam construction. In the Doric order, regularly spaced triglyphs appear on the frieze. The spaces between the triglyphs are called metopes.
Tuscan Order ...
Triglyph - Banded decoration in a frieze
Turpet - Small tower on corner of building supported by corbels
Tuscan Column - Simple column with plain shaft ...
Triglyph : a decorative element of the Doric frieze that alternates with the metopes and is formed by three grooves, or glyphs.
Vault : an arched structure, usually of masonry or concrete, serving to cover a space.
Monotriglyph - interval of the intercolumniation of the Doric column, which is observed by the intervention of one triglyph only between the triglyphs which come over the axes of the columns.
DORIC ORDER: a form of the classical column, either fluted or unfluted and with or without a base, characterized by its frieze above consisting of "triglyphs" (raised rectangular blocks with two vertical grooves down the centre and a half-groove at ...
or a dome LINTEL: a horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening LOAD BEARING CONSTRUCTION: construction in which walls, posts, columns, or arcades support the weight of the ceilings and upper floors METOPE: the square space between two triglyphs in ...
Above the columns are the metopes and triglyphs. The metope [pronounced "met-o-pee"] is a plain, smooth stone section between triglyphs. Sometimes the metopes had statues of heroes or gods on them.
The spaces between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, often ornamented with sculpture.MezzanineLow storey between two higher ones.
Metope - The square space between two triglyphs in the frieze of a Doric order; it may carved or left plain.
Metope of Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs From south side of Parthenon ...
Doric Order A classical order with simple unadorned capitals supporting a frieze of vertically
grooved tablets (triglyphs) set at intervals.
Dormer Window A window that projects from a roof.
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Frieze - The section of an entablature between the cornice and the architrave. It can be decorated with continuous reliefs (as in Ionic), divided into metopes and triglyphs (as in Doric), ...
In the Doric order it consists of metope - a square panel sculpted with figures - and triglyph - panels with three vertical grooves. In the other orders the band of the frieze is usually continuous and is entirely decorated with sculpted figures.
 See also: Doric, Frieze, Triglyphs, Architecture, Classical
  
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