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foot-stall
Architecture; General architecture
Literal translation of ôpedestalö or pedestal, the lower part of a pier in architecture.
cippus
Architecture; General architecture
Low pedestal, either round or rectangular, set up by the Romans for various purposes such as military or milestones, boundary posts. The inscriptions on some in the British Museum show that they were ...
basement
Architecture; General architecture
Lowest, subordinate storey of building often either entirely or partially below ground level; the lowest part of classical elevation, below the piano nobile.
ashlar
Architecture; General architecture
Masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges.
prick post
Architecture; General architecture
Old architectural name given sometimes to the queen posts of a roof, and sometimes to the filling in quarters in framing.
doric order
Architecture; General architecture
The oldest of the five classical orders, characterized by a fluted column with no base and a plain capital.
epinaos
Architecture; General architecture
Open vestibule behind the nave. The term is not found in any classic author, but is a modern coinage, originating in Germany, to differentiate the feature from the opisthodomos, which in the ...
