BUILDING FRAGMENTS

Upper Column and Entablature - cont -

The Entablature is the supported, horizontal element, or beam, of an order of architecture, which consists of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice.

An Architrave, the lowest member of the entablature, usually consists principally of one or more flat moldings called fasciae (singular, fascia), each projecting slightly from the one below. The fasciae are often capped by two or three small moldings projecting slightly further. The architrave at Fiss, Doerr, & Carroll has two fasciae, the second ending in a congé, topped by a narrow fillet, a wider fillet, and another narrow fillet.

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