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In architecture, echinus refers to the rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. The term is also applied to the quarter- round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style and sometimes to the egg and anchor or egg and dart moulding, because that ornament is often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
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In architecture, the egg and anchor is an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo.
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In architecture an ovolo is a round, convex moulding. In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in section; in Greek work it is flatter, and is equivalent to the echinus; that is, it has in section the elastic curve of the shell of the sea urchin. In mediaeval architecture it is not distinguishable from the multitude of convex mouldings, of all sections, which are used.
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In architecture an ovum is one of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
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In architecture a quarter round is an ovolo.
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