Architrave (from the Greek apcTios, chief;and the Latm trabs, a beam), the lowest divi-sion of an entablature, or that part restingimmediately upon the column. In the ancientGrecian edifices of the Doric order, the archi-trave is of very great height, having only onefacia, and being nearly equal to… … of the column. In other examples it is muchlower, being only equal to half the diameter ofthe column. The moderns have generallynearly confined it to this proportion, only thatthey have divided it into two facias, aftersome ancient Italian examples of the Doricorder. Architrave Cornice, an…
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