Cyclopædia
Assuming composite is required, the following 6 results were found.
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COMPOSITE Orderhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/COMPOSITE-Order
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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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
- Category: Architecture
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ARCHITRAVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHITRAVE
consists of a plain face, crowned with a fillet; and is half a module in height. See Face,Tuscan, &c. In the Doric and Composite, it has two faces, or fasciae;and three in the Ionic and Composite; in which last orderit is ⅔ of a module high, though but...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARCHITECTONIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHITECTONIC
all invented by the ancients at different times, and on differentoccasions, viz. Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite; the history, characteristics, etc. of each whereof seeunder their respective articles, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic,Corinthian, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ABACUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ABACUS
inwards ; with some Ornament, as a Rose, or other Flower, or Fishes Tail in the middle of each Arch. See CORINTHIAN, and COMPOSITE; see also FLOWER, &c. But some Architects take other Liberties in the Abacus, both in respect of its Name, Place, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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ARCHIVAULThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ARCHIVAULT
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
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture