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Ball flower
Architecture; General architecture
An architectural ornament in the form of a ball inserted in the cup of a flower, which came into use in the latter part of the 13th, and was in great vogue in the early part of the 14th century.
Quadriporticus
Architecture; General architecture
Also known as a quadriportico - a four-sided portico. The closest modern parallel would be a colonnaded quadrangle.
Barrel vault
Architecture; General architecture
A ceiling or roof consisting of a continuous semicircular or pointed arch. Also known as a tunnel vault.
Pseudodipteral
Architecture; General architecture
A temple which is like the dipteral temple except for omitting the inner row of columns.
Gable
Architecture; General architecture
The triangular section of a wall on the side of a building with a double-pitched roof.
Hip roof
Architecture; General architecture
A type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls.
Basilica
Architecture; General architecture
Originally a Roman, large roofed hall erected for transacting business and disposing of legal matters.; later the term came to describe an aisled building with a clerestory. mediaeval cathedral plans ...
