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ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet), the architectural term for the superstructure carried by the columns in the classic orders (q.v.). It usually consists of three members, the architrave (the supporting member carried from column to column, pier or w ...

... ning FIG. 2. — Arcade, St John's, Devizes. FIG. i. — Arcade, Westminster Abbey. entablature or impost block. The term is also applied to the galleries, employed decoratively, on the fagades of the Italian churches, and carried round the apses where they are kn ...

... rearranged or rebuilt at various times, the columns with their capitals and the entablature having been utilized again. The shafts of the columns of the upper storey are richly carved with geometrical patterns similar to those found by Loftus at Warka. The Ame ...

... arries the superstructure and rests immediately on the columns. In the ordinary entablature it is the lowest of the three divisions, the other two being the frieze and the cornice (see ORDER). The term is also applied to the moulded frame of a doorway.

... rdly it was decorated with two orders of columns one above the other, with rich entablatures, much of which survives. In the tympanum is a relief of Bacchus (wrongly supposed to be of a female, and called the Bal-Kis, i.e. " Honey Girl "). The position of the ...

... , column), the Greek architectural term for architrave, the lower member of the entablature of the classic orders (q.v.).

... he lofty arched openings to the chapels, separated by Corinthian pilasters with entablature supporting the coffered vault and a central dome (since rebuilt), complete the structure, which has served since as the model for all the Renaissance churches of the sa ...

... nd-headed windows are set in deeply between the pillars which carry the massive entablature, and this again i.= surmounted by a balustrade with obelisks at each angle and figures marking the line of each bay. The Istrian stone of which the edifice is built has ...