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Definition of Antefixae
1. antefix [n] - See also: antefix
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antefixae
Literary usage of Antefixae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"... AND SCULPTURE Clay in Roman architecture—Use of bricks—Methods of construction—
Tiles—Ornamental antefixae —Flue-tiles—Other uses—Inscriptions on bricks ..."
2. History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etrusean, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"CHAPTER XIX TERRACOTTA IX ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE Clay in Roman
architecture—Use of bricks—Methods of construction— Tiles—Ornamental antefixae ..."
3. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1887)
"... be inferred from fragments of terracotta gargoyles (lion-heads) much resembling
some found at Olympia, antefixae with delicate anthemion-ornamentation, ..."
4. The Architecture of Greece & Rome: A Sketch of Its Historic Development by William James Anderson, Richard Phené Spiers (1907)
"The only portion of the Pompeian roof which has come down to us is its covering;
and the large and varied collection of terra-cotta tiles, antefixae, ..."
5. Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens by American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Archaeological Institute of America (1888)
"2), together with numerous pieces of tiling and antefixae of terra cotta.
The outlines of the antefixae are moulded in the form of the honeysuckle, ..."
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