National Endowment for the Humanities (2023)

abacus
arch spring point
architrave
base
brick voussoirs
capital
classical architecture
column
column shaft torus
Composite
Corinthian
Corinthian order
cornice
Doric
Doric order
echinus
entablature
entasis
five classical orders
five orders
Flemish bond header
Flemish bond stretcher
frieze
impost
intercolumniation
Ionic
Ionic order
keystone
light
meeting rail
metope
muntin
mutule
necking annulet
pane
plinth
Roman arch
scotia
triglyph
Tuscan

Sources Cited

National Endowment for the Humanities, “Classical Architectural Vocabulary,” http://edsitement.neh.gov. Last accessed December 29, 2023.

Key Facts

At time of upload on December 30, 2023:

  • 32 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
  • 8 original terms
  • 40 total terms in source
  • 20% original terms in source
  • 124 sources in dictionary
  • 18,219 unique terms in dictionary
  • 37,207 total terms all sources in dictionary
  • 49.0 % unique terms in dictionary