cymatium

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Omitting the cymatium, the rest of the architrave is to be divided into twelve parts, and three of these will form the lowest fascia, four, the next, and five, the highest fascia.

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  1. noun See cyma.
  2. noun The topmost molding of a classical cornice.

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  • Omitting the cymatium, the rest of the architrave is to be divided into twelve parts, and three of these will form the lowest fascia, four, the next, and five, the highest fascia. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
  • Its cymatium is one seventh of the whole height of the frieze, and the projection of the cymatium is the same as its height 11. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
  • The corona with its cymatium, but not including the sima, has the height of the middle fascia of the architrave, and the total projection of the corona and dentils should be equal to the height from the frieze to the cymatium at the top of the corona Illustration: A COMPARISON OF THE IONIC ORDER ACCORDING TO VITRUVIUS WITH ACTUAL EXAMPLES AND WITH VIGNOLA'S ORDER A: Showing the orders reduced to equal lower diameters. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
  • Let the height of the capital be divided into three parts, of which one will form the abacus with its cymatium, the second the echinus with its annulets, and the third the necking. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
  • Its cymatium ought to be one sixth of the jamb, with a projection equivalent to its height. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
 

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  1. Latin cȳmatium, from Greek kūmation, diminutive of kūma, cyma; see cyma.

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  1. Latin, from Greek κυμάτιον, a waved molding, from κῦμα(τ-), a wave, etc.: see cyma.
 

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