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Art, Architecture and Historical Terms

A Glossary

Liber ad honorem Augusti of Peter of Eboli

Acroterion (It. acroterio): decorative protrusion atop the pediment of an Etruscan, Greek or Roman temple. At the bottom corners of the pediment such a decoration would be called an antefix.

Ambone: a pulpit, often elaborately decorated

Ambulatory (It. ambulatorio): curving aisle around the apse of a church, usually lined with chapels

Ancona: a painted or sculpted altarpiece, especially one set in an architectural frame

Atrium (It. atrio): entrance court of an ancient Roman house or an early church

Arca: a monumental tomb or sarcophagus

Badia (from abbazia): an abbey or abbey church

Baldacchino: baldachin, a columned stone canopy over an altar

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Art and Architecture

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by PD Art