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      Rock-cut Tomb at Myra, in Lycia.

       Imitation of Timber Construction in Stone.

GLOSSARY.

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      Abacus, a square tablet which crowns the capital of the column.

      Acanthus, a plant, the foliage of which was imitated in the ornament of the Corinthian capital.

      Agora, the place of general assembly in a Greek city.

      Alæ (Lat. wings), recesses opening out of the atrium of a Roman house.

      Alhambra, the palatial fortress of Granada (from al hamra—the red).

      Ambo, a fitting of early Christian churches, very similar to a pulpit.

      Amphitheatre, a Roman place of public entertainment in which combats of gladiators, &c., were exhibited.

      Antæ, narrow piers used in connection with columns in Greek architecture, for the same purpose as pilasters in Roman.

      Arabesque, a style of very light ornamental decoration.

      Archaic, primitive, so ancient as to be rude, or at least extremely simple.

      Archivolt, the series of mouldings which is carried round an arch.

      Arena, the space in the centre of an amphitheatre where the combats, &c., took place.

      Arris, a sharp edge.

      Astragal, a small round moulding.

      Atrium, the main quadrangle in a Roman dwelling-house; also the enclosed court in front of an early Christian basilican church.

      Baptistery, a building, or addition to a building, erected for the purposes of celebrating the rite of Christian baptism.

      Basement, the lowest story of a building, applied also to the lowest part of an architectural design.

      Bas-relief, a piece of sculpture in low relief.

      Bird’s-beak, a moulding in Greek architecture, used in the capitals of Antæ.

      Byzantine, the style of Christian architecture which had

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