ARCHIVOLT (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and volta, a vault)

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ARCHIVOLT (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and volta, a vault) , an architectural

term

TERM

applied to the

mouldings

MOULDINGS

of an

architrave

ARCHITRAVE (from Lat. arcus, an
arch
- ARCH
- ARCH,
  JOSEPH
  - JOSEPH
  - JOSEPH,
    COMTE
    - COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS
      XAVIER
      - XAVIER, FRANCISCO DE (1506-1552)
      ] (1798-1857)
    DE (1785-1870)
  - JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)
  (1826– )
, and trabs, trabem, a
beam
- BEAM
- BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the
  rood
  - ROOD (O.E. rod, a stick, another form of " rod, O.E. rodd, possibly cognate with Lat. rudis, a staff)
  or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)
)

, when carried

round

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

an arched opening.

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