Glossary

Glossary

ancon

1. A scrolled bracket or console, 1 which supports a cornice or entablature over a door or window. 2. A

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angle bead

1.A corner bead. 2. A strip, usually of metal or wood, set at the corner of a plaster wall to

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angle capital

A capital at a corner column, esp. an Ionic capital where the four volutes project equally on the diagonals, instead

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American standard channel

A C-shaped structural member of hot-rolled structural steel; designated by the prefix C placed before the size of the member.

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amphiprostyle

Marked by columns in porticoes only at the front and back (of a classical temple), not on the sides.

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ambo, ambon

1. In early Christian churches, a pulpit for reading or chanting the Gospels or the Epistles. 2. In contemporary Balkan o

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