History of Ancient Art Part 21

=Revet'ment=, vb. to revete (Fr. _revetement_, from _revetir_, to clothe).

A facing of metal, stone, or wood encasing a kernel--usually of some less firm or sightly material.

=Round'el=, dim. roundlet. A moulding of semicircular profile.

=Scamil'lus= (Lat. little bench, foot-stool). A slight projection, cut by means of a joggle, upon a constructive feature in such a manner as to prevent its adjacent edges from touching and possibly chipping those of the next block. A scamillus thus creates the incision between the upper drum of the shaft and the necking of the Doric capital, and is also occasionally inserted between the top of the abacus and the soffit of the epistyle.

=Sco'tia= (Gr. darkness). A hollow curved moulding, so called from the deep line of shadow which it casts.

=Soc'le= (Lat. _socculus_, dim. of _soccus_, low shoe, slipper). The low, plain foundation of a pedestal or building.

=Sof'fit= (Ital. _soffitta_; from Lat. _suffigere_, to fasten beneath).

The under side of any part of a building, particularly of lintels, epistyles, and coronas.

=Sphyrel'aton= (Gr.; from sf??a, hammer, and ??a???], to drive).

Metal-work beaten to the shape of a carved kernel by a hammer.

=Spi'na= (Lat.; from Gr. sp????, lean, thin). The barrier dividing the race-course longitudinally into two tracks.

=Sta'dion= (Gr.; from st?d???, standing firm). A race-course of fixed dimensions, whence a measure of length, 600 Greek feet.

=Ste'le= (Gr.). An upright stone employed as a monument.

=Ste'reobate= (Gr. ste?e??t??; from ste?e??, firm, solid, and ?s??, base). The substructure of rough masonry beneath a temple.

=Sto'a= (Gr.). An extended colonnade, usually adjoining a public place, and affording protection against the heat of the sun.

=Sty'lobate= (Gr. st????t??; from st????, column, and ast???, to light up, support). The uppermost step of the peripteros, which forms a continuous base beneath the columns.

=Tae'nia= (Gr. ribbon). The continuous fillet which crowns the epistyle, representative of the wall-plate of the original timbered Doric construction.

=Ta'lus= (Lat. ankle). The slope or angle of inclination of the sides of a wall.

=Taraxip'pos= (Gr. adj. frightening the horses). An altar upon the turning-point of the Greek race-course.

=Tel'amon= (Gr. bearer). In architectural usage of the same significance as Atlas, which see above.

=Tem'enos= (Gr.; from t???, to cut, to draw a line). A piece of land marked off from common usages and dedicated to a deity.

The sacred enclosure around the temple.

=Tetrasty'los=, adj. tet'rastyle (from Gr. t?t?a, four, and st????, column). A building, particularly a temple, upon the front of which are four columns.

=Thal'amos= (Gr.). Term applied by Homer to inner rooms or chambers, especially those of women. In the usage of Xenophon a store-room.

=Tho'los= (Gr.). A chamber of circular plan, generally subterranean, approaching in interior form that of a pointed vault.

=Tore= (Lat. _torus_, swelling, protuberance). A large roundel moulding.

=Trac'ery.= A patterning of thin bars, usually of stone, in a window or other opening.

=Tri'glyph= (Gr. t?????f??; from t??, three, and ???f?, carving, because of the three slats originally chamfered). The most prominent member of the Doric frieze, originally significant of the ends of the ceiling beams. A rectangular tablet slightly projecting beyond the face of the metopes, with which it alternates, and emphasized by vertical grooves and chamfers.

=Trun'nel= (allied etymologically to tree-nail and trunnion). A wooden pin or peg. Carved in stone beneath the regulas and mutules of the Doric entablature, the trunnels mark the position of these primitive constructive features. In form they are commonly the frustum of a cone.

=Tym'panon= (Gr. drum). The triangular s.p.a.ce enclosed by the inclined mouldings of the gable and the horizontal cornice of the entablature beneath.

=Vela'rium= (Lat.). The great curtain, or awning, extended above the auditories of the Roman theatre and amphitheatre to protect the spectators from the sun and rain.

=Volute'= (Lat. _voluta_; from _volvere_, to roll). A spiral scroll. The term is particularly employed for such features in the Ionic and Corinthian capitals.

=Xo'anon=, pl. xoana (Gr.; from ???, to work in wood by sc.r.a.ping). A rude and primitive image carved in wood; particularly antique statues of the deities.

=Zoph'oros= (Gr.; from ????, being, figure, and f???, to bear). A continuous frieze, sculptured in relief with the forms of human beings and animals.