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Research Results For 'Triglyph'

DIGLYPH

In architecture, a diglyph is a projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it.
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HEMIGLYPH

In architecture a hemiglyph is a half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
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MEROS

In architecture a meros or merus is the plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.
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MONOTRIGLYPH

In architecture a monotriglyph is a kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.
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SHANK

In architecture the space between two channels of the Doric triglyph are known as the shank.
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TRIGLYPH

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In architecture, a triglyph is a three-grooved tablet repeated at regular intervals in a Doric frieze, the intervening spaces being filled with metopes.
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TUSCAN ORDER

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The Tuscan order of architecture was a style of architecture derived from the Greek Classical orders by the Romans. It is characterised by plain columns, rather than the fluted designs of the other earlier classical orders, the omission of the triglyph and the mouldings while fewer, bolder.
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