triglyph
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- noun
- /ˈtraɪˌɡlɪf/
- Specialized
- The ancient temple's frieze was adorned with beautifully carved triglyphs that showcased classic Doric design.
- triglyph bracket
Examples
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But a Doric freeze with triglyphs and metopes, you'd never see that in Rome itself.
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The outer verticals of the side bays are also capped with triglyph brackets, whose job it is to support the entablature and perhaps provide a dignified termination to the tomb.
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Responding, no doubt, to the lack of a proper order, he decided to use triglyph brackets, a non-canonical form, to serve as quasi-capitals.
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If one reads them as part of the frame, their connection with the triglyphs appears far less logical than that which obtains between the uprights.
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It is as if he could think only one move ahead—as if he needed to put even a triglyph bracket on paper before he could envisage its consequences.
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The verticals of the aedicule consist of superimposed strips, each of which is capped by a triglyph bracket or half-triglyph bracket.
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The verticals of the aedicule consist of superimposed strips, each of which is capped by a triglyph bracket or half-triglyph bracket.
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To complete the architectural design, the craftsman carefully added triglyphs between the metopes in the frieze.
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In classical architecture, a triglyph is often found as part of the decorative elements on Greek temples.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Triglyph comes from the parts tri- meaning 'three' and glyph meaning 'carving', the same 'tri-' you see in triangle and the 'glyph' you see in hieroglyph. It names the stone block on a classical building that has three carved vertical grooves, so the origin explains why a triglyph has three grooves.