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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 ...
Ephebeum
Architecture; General architecture
Large hall in the ancient Palaestra furnished with seats, the length of which should be a third larger than the width. It served for the exercises of youths of from sixteen to eighteen years of age.
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.
Compluvium
Architecture; General architecture
Latin term for the open space left in the roof of the atrium of a Roman house (domus) for lighting it and the rooms round.
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.
Lacunar
Architecture; General architecture
Latin name in architecture for panelled or coffered ceiling, soffit, or vault adorned with a pattern of recessed paneled.
Foot-stall
Architecture; General architecture
Literal translation of ôpedestalö or pedestal, the lower part of a pier in architecture.
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