Cyclopædia
Assuming corinthian is required, the following 11 results were found.
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CORINTHIAN Orderhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CORINTHIAN-Order
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARCHITECTONIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHITECTONIC
be almost wholly of Grecian origin: Three of the regular orders or manners of building are denominated from them,viz. Corinthian, Ionic, and Doric: And scarce a part, asingle member, or molding, but comes to us with a Greekname. See CORINTHIAN, DORIC,...
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ABACUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ABACUS
Balket by the Vase, or Body of the Capital. Such was the Rise of the first regular Order. See ORDER, ACANTHUS, VOLUTE, CORINTHIAN, &c. There is some difference in the Form of the Abacus in different Orders. In the Tuscan, "Doric, and antient Ionic, it...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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ACANTHUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ACANTHUS
ACANTHUS, in Architecture, an Ornament in the Corinthian and Composite Orders; being the Representation of the Leaves of an Acanaceous Plant, in the Capitals thereof.See CAPITAL, and LEAVES. It takes its Name from δKανθος, the Name given the Plant...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AFFIRMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AFFIRMATION
a custom borrowed from the heathens: "Ales vero ille, ut refert," says Sedulius on the XIth Chapter of the Epistle to the Corinthians, "de Gentili adhuc superstitione veniebat." And Faustus the Manichee is represented in St. Augustine, as reproaching...
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ALMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMS
In all probability these were the Deaconesses of the Churches. See DEACONESS. St. Paul, in his second Epistle to the Corinthians, C. IX, explains the manner of collecting Alms in the Assemblies of the primitive Christians. This Practice they had...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Architecturehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture
Prosile, Sic. Parts, as Foundation, Wall, Roof, &c. Door, Window, Stairs, Chimney, &c. Orders, as Tuscan, Doric, Corinthian, &c. Caryatides, Rusiic, Gothic, &c. Column, Pilasier, Attic, &c. Parts thereof, Entablature, Capital, Pedesial, &c. Cornice,...
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
Prosile, Sic. Parts, as Foundation, Wall, Roof, &c. Door, Window, Stairs, Chimney, &c. Orders, as Tuscan, Doric, Corinthian, &c. Caryatides, Rusiic, Gothic, &c. Column, Pilasier, Attic, &c. Parts thereof, Entablature, Capital, Pedesial, &c. Cornice,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ANCHORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCHOR
in the form of an Anchor, or Arrow’s-head; frequently carved on the Echinus, or Quarter-round, in the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, &c, Capitals. See CARVING, etc. ANCHOR
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARCHITRAVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHITRAVE
Ionic and Composite; in which last orderit is ⅔ of a module high, though but half a module in therest. See FASCIA, DORIC, CORINTHIAN, &c. Architects, however, take a deal of latitude in this part;some using more members than others; and many of...
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ARCHIVAULThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ARCHIVAULT
it has only a single face; two faces crowned in the Doric and Ionic; and the same moldings with the Architrave in the Corinthian and Composite. The word is French, archivolte, where it signifies the same thing. ARCHIVAULT
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture