Columns
The top of a column
Capital
A building which has all columns free standing.
Peripteral
This word describes a column which has semi-circular channels running down the shaft.
Fluted
The material which most Roman monuments are made of. Made from lime, ash, aggregate and water. Often fronted with brick or stone.
Concrete
A style of column which combines the volutes of Ionic with the vegetation of Corinthian.
Composite
A building which has some embedded columns, and some freestanding
Pseudo-peripteral
Any continual run of carved or painted images. Often found in the entablature.
Frieze
A corridor with a continuous semicircular arched roof.
Barrel Vault
A style of column on which the column is carved to resemble plants
Corinthian
Cella
The triangular space where the entablature connects to a pitched roof.
Pediment
A place where two barrel vaults meet.
A simple column with two volutes. Vitruvius says it reminds him of a woman, because it's "fancier".
Ionic
The stone at the top of an arch which bears the weight of the structure, and distributes it through the voissour and piers
Keystone
A part of the entablature. It is usually found near the top of the entablature. It projects outward.
Cornice
The empty space above the columns but below the frieze.
Architrave
A simple column. Vitruvius says it reminds him of a "sturdy and plain man".
Doric
A style of construction where veritcal beams or columns support a horizontal beam.
Post and lintel
This word describes all of the different elements of a building which are above a row of columns but below a roof.
Entablature
A squared area above an entablature. Often where inscriptions are found in monuments.
Attic