astragulus

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

Baguette, bead, chaplet, small convex molding, or roundel, especially the ring of semicircular section at the top of the shaft of most Classical columns (except Greek Doric), defining the bottom of the capital, or a similar molding, often ornamented, usually with bead-and-reel (called astragulum Lesbium), further defining architrave fasciae. 2. In Scotland, glazing-bars in a window-frame, dividing the lights into panes. (Curl & Wilson, 2016)