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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1875)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 186

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©rher* 174 The Boric Order , the oldest and simplest of the three orders used by the Greeks, but it is ranked as the second of … Grecian Doric. each, which are called triglyphs; the spaces between these are called metopes : under the tri- glyphs and below the tenia of the architrave are placed small drops, or guttae ; along the top of the frieze runs a broad fillet, called the capital of the triglyphs : the soffit of the…

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