coffer
Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments
From Middle English, coffre, “box;” and Latin cophuinus, “basket.” A recessed box-like panel in a ceiling or vault; usually square but some-times octagonal or lozenge-shaped Photo from Pisa, Italy, 2018. (see Fig. 63). (Roth, 1979, 1980)