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Dodecastyle |
Having twelve columns in the front row.
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Doric Order |
The column and entablature developed by the Dorian
Greeks which is sturdy in proportion and features simple cushion
capital, frieze of triglyphs and metopes and mutules in the cornice.
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Double Vault |
When constructing a dome the method of engineering
and construction in which a vault, usually domical is built consisting
of two sections - an inner shell separated from a higher outer
shell.
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Duomo-An Italian Cathedral
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An Italian cathedral. Some of the most famous
and beautiful Duomos are the Cathedral in Milan and the Cathedral
in Florence pictured here.
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Da Devier Glass |
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Early
Christian Architecture |
The final phase of Roman architecture from the
4th to the 6th century and related to the rise of Byzantine architecture.
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Early English
Style |
The first of the three phases of English Gothic
architecture, from circa 1180 to circa 1280, based on Norman and
French antecedents and succeeded by the Decorated style. Often
characterized by lancet windows without tracery.
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Easter Sepulcher |
In some churches, in which sacred elements are
placed from Maundy Thursday to Easter. An embrasure on the left
wall of the chancel.
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East Window |
In church architecture, a window at the choir
end of the church which is commonly the east end.
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Ecclesia |
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Ecclesiasterion |
A hall for religious meetings.
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Ecclesiology |
The study of the furnishing and adornment of
churches.
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Edge Shafts |
Shafts which sustain arches united by their sides
and back to the nearest wall or arch, so they appear to support
their edge only . This style of design in common in Norman architecture.
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Egg and Dart |
An egg-shaped ornament alternating with a dart-like
ornament, used to enrich either interior or exterior ornamentation,
moldings and millwork.
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Encaustic Tile |
A tile for pavement and wall decoration in which
the pattern is inlaid or incrusted in the clay of one color and
accentuated in the clay of another color.
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Enneastyle |
A portico or temple façade having nine
columns in front on on each side.
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Entablature |
In classical architecture, the elaborated beam
member carried by the columns, horizontally divided into architrave,
frieze and cornice. The proportions and detailing are different
for each order, and strictly prescribed.
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Eternal Light |
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Epistle Side |
The south side of a church when the altar is
at the east end; the Epistle is read from that side of the altar.
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Equilateral Arch |
A two-centered arch in which the chords of the
curves just equal the span of the arch.
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