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crypto-porticus
Architecture; General architecture
Concealed or covered passage, generally underground, though lighted and ventilated from the open air. One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome. ...
dosseret
Architecture; General architecture
Cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church, used to carry the arches and vault, the springing of which had a superficial area greatly in excess of the column which carried them.
impost block
Architecture; General architecture
Cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church, used to carry the arches and vault, the springing of which had a superficial area greatly in excess of the column which carried them.
molding
Architecture; General architecture
Decorative finishing strip of various design patterns used walls and corners.
feretory
Architecture; General architecture
Enclosure or chapel within which the ferreter shrine, or tomb (as in Henry VII.'s chapel), was placed.
modillion
Architecture; General architecture
Enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice and above the bedmold of the Corinthian entablature. It is probably so called because of its arrangement in regulated distances.
