Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 304
e and fiveand one-half high; its width is,therefore, one-half its height. 18. When a pillar is cylin-drical or rounded, it is called a column and is divided into parts, the major part being termed theshaft. (Fig. 3). The shaft is the portion extending between thebase and the capital, or between the… … THE ROMAN ORDERS 19. Columns are connected to one another overhead by a tim-ber or stone called the architrave. Generally there is above thearchitrave a j)lain space, called the frieze, lining with the neck ofthe column below, and above the frieze a projecting mass that com-IDletes the whole and is…
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