The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1867)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 144
led, because of its being ol thesame determinate shape along its whole length, as though thewhole of it had been cast in the same mould or form. The regulaimouldings, as found in remains of ancient architecture, are eightin number; and are known by the following names: J Annulet, band, cincture,… … Cavetto, cove or hollow. Cymatium, or cyma-recta. Fig. 147. Inverted cymatiumj or cyma-reversa Ogee. Some of the terms are derived thus: fillet, from the Frenchword//, thread. Astragal, from astragalos^ a bone of the heel—or the curvature of the heel. Bead, because this moulding,when properly…
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