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Definition of Antefix
1. Noun. Carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles.
Definition of Antefix
1. n. An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
Definition of Antefix
1. Noun. (architecture) The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple. ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antefix
1. an upright ornament at the eaves of a tiled roof [n -FIXES or -FIXA or -FIXAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antefix
Literary usage of Antefix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Tyranny by Percy Neville Ure (1922)
"... or again in a bearded antefix (fig. 37) found near the church of S. Antonia and
compared by ... antefix ..."
2. Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America by Archaeological Institute of America, William Cranston Lawton, Joseph Silas Diller, Joseph Thacher Clarke (1898)
"antefix. — FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. contained in which gives to the surface its delicate
reddish fawn tint. The inner mass contains numerous crystals of the ..."
3. Analysis of Ornament: The Characteristics of Styles: an Introduction to the by Ralph Nicholson Wornum (1882)
"It is, in fact, to the substitution of the aesthetic principle in the place of
the symbolic, rather than to antefix of the Parthenon. variety of element, ..."
4. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Topography and Architectureby Nancy Bookidis by Nancy Bookidis (1997)
"For an antefix that may well have belonged with diis series, see 85. ... A palmette
antefix, attached to neck, by means of which it hooked over the sima. ..."
5. Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters (1903)
"PART OF antefix, as the last ; of both figures only ihe lower part of the body
... PART OF antefix as last. Of the Nymph the upper part of the body remains ..."
6. Proceedings of the International Conference on Greek Architectural by Nancy A. Winter (1994)
"Pentagonal antefix of Corinthian clay, which is porous with small to ...
The antefix was originally attached to a combination eaves/cover tile at the left. ..."
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