Glossary

A masonry mass (or the like) which receives the thrust of an arch, vault, or strut.

A common plant of the Mediterranean, whose leaves, stylized, form the characteristic decoration of capitals of Corinthian and Composite orders. In scroll form

A door, usually small, which is provided through a finished construction, as into a duct, through a ceiling, behind a wall, in

An ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle; often

A device installed in a drainage system into which the discharge of  acid is probable; neutralizes the discharge sufficiently to permit

A small ornament in the shape of a nut of the oak tree; sometimes used as a finial, pendant, or decorative element

The uppermost member of the capital of a column; often a plain square slab, but sometimesmolded or otherwise enriched.