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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ORC-PAI |
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OVOLO (adapted from Ital. uovolo, diminutive of uovo, an egg; other foreign equivalents are Fr. ore, echine, quart de rond; Lat. echinus) , in architecture , a convex
echinus , which in Classic architecture was invariably carved with the egg and tongue
work
quarter round . It must not be confounded with the echinus of the Greek
capital , as this was of a more varied form and of much larger dimensions than the ovolo, which was only a subordinate moulding.End of Article: OVOLO (adapted from Ital. uovolo, diminutive of uovo, an egg; other foreign equivalents are Fr. ore, echine, quart de rond; Lat. echinus) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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