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ar·chi·trave (är'kĭ-trāv')  |
[French, from Old French, from Old Italian : archi-, archi- + trave, beam (from Latin trabs, trab-).]
| Architecture: architrave |
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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| Archaeology Dictionary: architrave |
The horizontal member above two columns spanning the interval between them.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: architrave |
| Wikipedia: Architrave |
The architrave (from Italian: architrave, also called an epistyle from Greek επίστυλο or door frame) is a moulded or ornamental band framing a rectangular opening.[1] It is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns. As such, 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". They are mainly used in churches and cathedrals, and other religious buildings. They can also be seen in modern houses.[2]
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.[3]
The word architrave is also used to refer more generally to the mouldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.
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| Architecture. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
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