The windows are framed by molded stone architraves with key blocks. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Sculptured on the architrave was the Boat of the Moon, containing. From Wordnik.com. [The Jewel of Seven Stars] Reference
And for the frieze and architrave, which is 4 br. and 6 in. long, 2 br. wide and 6 in. thick, 29 hundredweight., duc. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
"Can you read?" he asked her; "up there on the architrave is the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
"Can you read?" he asked her; "up there on the architrave is the name of Rameses, with all his titles. From Wordnik.com. [Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Complete] Reference
Above the architrave is a projecting balcony which runs all round the gateway with a railing carried by dragons’ heads. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference
In the architrave is the Madonna and Child. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
They halted by the collapsed skeleton of a box architrave. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
The architrave, ornamented with foliage, was added by Lor. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
E. (and W.?): Pair of sphinxes, Exterior architrave: pairs. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
The newly carved architrave with projecting voussoir of the arch. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Northwest Heroon Restoration Report 1] Reference
The architrave has the height of one half of the thickness of a column. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The architrave-frieze blocks of the fourth aedicula are brought into place. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects Report 5] Reference
Underneath the ruins it should read Demirli, underneath the inscribed architrave Çatal Pınar. From Wordnik.com. [Territorial Archaeological Survey « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds] Reference
The light from a high slit under the architrave sifted down on the floor strewn with carpets of. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
"Yeah," Jordan replied, equally casually, staring up at the dead light over the box architrave. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
Squat Doric columns supporting a massive architrave and frieze spoke of the Temple's immense age. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
The architrave is threefold and bears a frieze with lion-heads, on which rest a moulding and cornice. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
A complete cornice, the architrave (which we have) and frieze, gave an additional height of nearly 5ft. From Wordnik.com. [The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath] Reference
Above them rose the architrave, a plain band of massive stones which reached from one column to another. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The horizontal lines of the architrave and cornice were more marked than the vertical lines of the columns. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
This will allow the door to open as shown by the dotted line, and it will not clear the architrave moulding. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
The Helios had a porch with a colourful terracotta architrave, but that was its only gesture to graciousness. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
From every architrave and cornice depended garlands and draperies, and tinted banners waved unseen in the dark. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The first member of the architrave moulding is generally a bead of the same diameter as the knuckle of the hinge. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
The height of the architrave, including taenia and guttae, is one module, and of the taenia, one seventh of a module. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The structure stands about 30 feet high, and is, particularly the shaft and architrave, similar to Trajan's pillar in. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828] Reference
The tapestried walls, the painted ceiling, the chandeliers, the gilded architrave, danced and dazzled before his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
The cymatium of the architrave should be one seventh of the height of the whole architrave, and its projection the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Then, above the architrave and perpendicularly over the lower tier of columns, columns one fourth smaller should be imposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
He bent over to examine them, noting the wonderful detail of arch and architrave, of keystone, cornice and foundation course. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Fig. 248 indicates the position of the hinge fixed so as to allow the door to open and lay flat back to the architrave moulding. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
The downward force is embodied in the horizontal lines of the lintel, architrave, cornice, and in the hanging mutules and gutta. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
The business of column and architrave was to bear weight; and if they were ornate they would seem less well adapted to that purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The crowns of the arches take a great piece out of the architrave, and their keystones reach well within the plain and narrow frieze. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
The rounded entablature is composed of an architrave crowned by a small curved frieze decorated with fluted "tongues" (Pfeifenfries). From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Macellum Report 1] Reference
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