architrave
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ar·chi·trave
(är'kĭ-trāv') 
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- The lowermost part of an entablature in classical architecture that rests directly on top of a column. Also called epistyle.
- The molding around a door or window.
[French, from Old French, from Old Italian : archi-, archi- + trave, beam (from Latin trabs, trab-).]
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1. In the classical orders, the lowest member of the entablature; the beam that spans from column to column, resting directly upon their capitals. Also see order.
2. The ornamental moldings around the faces of the jambs and lintel of a doorway or other opening; an antepagment.
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The horizontal member above two columns spanning the interval between them.
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architrave (är'kĭtrāv), in architecture, principal beam and lowest member of the classical entablature, the other main members of which are the frieze and the cornice. Its position is directly above the columns, and it extends between them, thus carrying the upper members of the order (see orders of architecture). The term also applies to molding around the sides and top of a door or window frame.
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- Structural and Decorative Elements - architrave: molded, decorated band of wood forming panel or opening for door or window; lowest part of entablature
- Classical Elements and Design - architrave: beam across tops of columns, forming base of the entablature
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Further information: Lintel (architecture)
An architrave (
/ˈɑrkɨtreɪv/; from Italian: architrave, also called an epistyle; from Greek επίστυλο, epistylo or door frame) is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns. It is an architectural element in Classical architecture.
The word architrave is also used to refer more generally to the mouldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.[1]
Classical architecture
In classical entablature, it is the lowest part of the entablature consisting of architrave, frieze and cornice. The word is derived from the Greek and Latin words arche and trabs combined together to mean "main beam". The architrave is different in the different orders. In the Tuscan, it only consists of a plain face, crowned with a fillet, and is half a module in height. In the Doric and composite, it has two faces, or fasciae; and three in the Ionic and Corinthian, in which it is 10/12 of a module high, though but half a module in the rest.[2]
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- Archivolt - expanded and elaborated architrave element
- Dolmen - Neolithic predecessor, megalithic tombs with structural stone lintels
- Lintel
- Post and lintel - architectural system with architraves-lintels
Footnotes
- ^ Ching, Francis D.K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. pp. 179, 186. ISBN 0-471-28451-3.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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