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PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriaos, column)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 171 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAS-PER
PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriaos, column) , in
architecture
 , a range of columns (whether rectangular or circular on
plan
 ) in one or two rows, enclosing the sanctuary of a temple; the
term
  is also applied to the same feature when built
round
  the
court
  in which the temple is situated and in
Roman
  houses to the
court
  in the
rear
 ,
round
  which the private rooms of the family were arranged, which were entered from the covered
colonnade
  round the court.


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