antefixes

The roof around the compluvium was edged with a row of highly ornamented tiles, called antefixes, on which a mask or some other figure was moulded.

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

The compluvium also was ornamented with a row of triangular tiles called antefixes, on which a mask or some other object was moulded in relief.

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

A group of antefixes long recognized as astral or cosmic, from the 20-celled building in the Etruscan sanctuary at Pyrgi, includes a female figure with two horses, proposed here as an image of Catha.

Archive 2008-07-01 Jan 2008

A group of antefixes long recognized as astral or cosmic, from the 20-celled building in the Etruscan sanctuary at Pyrgi, includes a female figure with two horses, proposed here as an image of Catha.

The Goddess and the Moon... Jan 2008

(See Anastylosis Projects, August 21-September 3, 2005) An unexpected result of this set-up was the discovery of the an intriguing fact concerning the Herooen's gabled roof, which is made of white limestone slabs that imitate large tiles and pentagonal (Corinthian) covering tiles, with separately carved antefixes (the lowest row of covering tiles closed off at their extremity and decorated with palmettes).

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Northwest Heroon Report 1 2003

Rows of similar antefixes thus decorated the lower edge of sloping tile roofs.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Find of the Week 2 2007 2003

The upward force, on the other hand, is continued right through the solid mass of the entablature, in the vertical lines of the triglyphs, in the antefixes, and even to the very apex of the building, where the ascending lines of the triangular pediment meet.

The Principles of Aesthetics Dewitt H. Parker