Glossary

1. A minor wing of a building. 2. A door jamb. 3. A rear pilaster, partially visible within a cluster of columnar

1. A canopied niche flanked by colonnettes intended as a shelter for a statue or as a shrine. 2. A door or

Sculptured representations of the heads or skulls of goats or of rams; used as decorations on ancient altars, friezes, etc.

Said of animals or figures facing each other, as in pediments, overdoors, etc.

The voussoir or keystone of an arch, especially when carved as a cartouche.

The chief meeting place or marketplace in an ancient Greek city.

A machine which draws in air at atmospheric pressure, then compresses it to pressures higher than atmospheric and delivers it

A stream of high-velocity temperature- controlled air which is directed downward, across an opening; excludes insects, exterior drafts, etc.; prevents the transfer of