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apophyge
apophyge Arch. (əˈpɒfɪdʒiː) [a. Gr. ἀποϕυγή ‘escape,’ hence ‘the curve with which the shaft escapes into the base or capital,’ f. ἀπο-ϕεύγειν to flee away. In L. apophygis, mod.Fr. apophyge; hence better ˈæpəʊfɪdʒ.] The part of a column where it springs out of its base, or joins its capital, usually...
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Apophyge
The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep, on the upper edge of which the diminishing shaft rests. The apophyge superior is the joining to the capital, while the apophyge inferior is the joining to the base.
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Architecture in Greece
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apothesis
‖ apothesis (əˈpɒθɪsɪs) [L., a. Gr. ἀπόθεσις, n. of action f. ἀποτιθέναι to lay aside, deposit.] 1. (As in Gr.) The setting of a fractured or dislocated limb.1811 in Hooper Med. Dict. 2. Arch. = apophyge.
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congé
▪ I. ‖ congé see congee.▪ II. ‖ congé Arch. [a. F. congé, same word as congee, leave, etc., used as a rendering of Gr. ἀποϕυγή escape, apophyge.] See quots.1703 T. N. City & C. Purch. 117 Conges, in Architecture, are the Rings, or Ferrils..in the Extremities of Wooden-pillars, to keep 'em from split...
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cimbia
cimbia (ˈsɪmbɪə) [It.] 1. Arch. A fillet or ring round the shaft of a column; an apophyge.1613–39 I. Jones in Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 38/2 A small Boultel or Torus B, under the Cimbia. 1664 Evelyn tr. Fréart's Archit. 127 The Cimbia beneath the Astragal immediately above the Contraction. ...
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Lee Arden Thomas
It has plaster pilasters framing the main entryway as well as a Tuscan portico with cast stone columns including capitals and apophyge.
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collarino
‖ collarino Arch. (kɒləˈriːnəʊ) Also colarino. [It. (kollaˈrino) dim. of collare collar; also called colarin, collar (15 a).] 1. The cincture, fillet, or listel, terminating the apophyge at the extremities of the shaft of a column.1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 111/2 Collarino..the same as Astragal..the...
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Church of Madonna della Greca
the bases are classical with protective ornaments in relief (flowers, animals, shells) in the corners, whereas the stems of the semi-columns lack the apophyge
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escape
▪ I. escape, n.1 (ɪˈskeɪp) Also 4–5 eschap(e. [f. escape v.; cf. OF. eschap (perh. the source in 14th c.), Sp. escape.] 1. a. The action of escaping, or the fact of having escaped, from custody, danger, etc.; spec. in Law: see quot. 1641.α c 1300 K. Alis. 4287 For that eschape they beon anoyed sore....
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Capital (architecture)
richly carved examples of the columns flanking the Tomb of Agamemnon in Mycenae (c. 1100 BC): they are carved with a chevron device, and with a concave apophyge
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scape
▪ I. scape, n.1 (skeɪp) Also 4 schap, 4–6 skape. [Aphetic var. of escape n.1] 1. An act of escaping; = escape n.1 arch. Now chiefly in hairbreadth scape, after Shakespeare: see hairbreadth. (Often written 'scape.)a 1300 Cursor M. 23730 All sal we rin into his rape, we wat þat þar mai li na scape. 13...
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collar
▪ I. collar, n. (ˈkɒlə(r)) Forms: 3–6 coler, 5–7 coller, 5–6 colar, 5– collar; also 4–5 colere, 5 coleer, collere, (colyer), 6 collare, (choller, 7 choler, couller, collor, colour). [ME. coler, a. AF. coler = OF. colier (later collier) = Pr. colar, Sp. collar, It. collare:—L. collāre, f. coll-um nec...
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