Top Moldings of Entablature

An entablature, the supported, horizontal element, or beam, of an order of architecture, consists of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice.

The Frieze is the central member of an entablature, which is usually, as it is here, a single flat molding called a fascia.

The Cornice is the top member of an entablature and thus the top member of the order of architecture. A true cornice, as found in classical Roman architecture, the architecture of the Italian Renaissance, and in the many classical revivals to the present day, has three parts: a bedmolding, a corona, and a cymatium. This entablature, which has only the lower two parts, the bedmolding and corona, has a truncated cornice.