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cyma

Subject: Art & Architecture

(pl. cymae). Projecting moulding, common in Classical architecture, with an ogee section, usually of equal convex and concave arcs, with a plain fillet above and below it. There ...

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Anthony Quiney

The Oxford Companion to Architecture

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Art & Architecture
Length:
102 words

... An ogee moulding formed by a concave curve adjoining a convex curve. A ‘cyma recta’ lies in a horizontal plane with the concave moulding above the convex moulding, while a ‘cyma reversa’ again lies in a horizontal plane but with the convex moulding above the concave moulding. Typically decorating classical Ionic and Corinthian cornices, a cyma recta normally lies at the top of the cornice, immediately below the parapet, and a cyma reversa lies at the bottom of the cornice, immediately above the frieze. The cyma entered the classical language of...

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2007
Subject:
Art & Architecture, Classical studies
Length:
284 words

... . Architectural moulding consisting of a double curve. In the cyma recta profile, the lower part of the curve is convex and the upper part concave; in the cyma reversa (Lesbian cymatium), the lower part is concave and the upper convex. The moulding was commonly used in Classical architecture and its later derivatives; the cyma recta profile, for example, was often used to terminate the cornice, and the abacus of the Corinthian capital usually had a cyma recta profile. Cyma reversa profiles were commonly used in the Ionic and Corinthian orders. An example...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture (4 ed.)

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Current Version:
2021
Subject:
Art & Architecture
Length:
139 words
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..., cima ( pl . cymae ) Projecting moulding , common in Classical architecture, with an ogee section , usually of equal convex and concave arcs, with a plain fillet above and below it. There are two main types: the cyma recta , or Doric cyma , usually found at the top of a cornice , with the concave part uppermost (called cymatium), and the cyma reversa, Lesbian cymatium , or reverse ogee , with the convex part uppermost, usually part of the bed-mouldings of a cornice or the exterior moulding of architraves . Cymatium refers to a crown...

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A Dictionary of Abbreviations

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Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Encyclopedias, Language reference
Length:
5 words

... Catholic Young Men's...

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A Dictionary of Abbreviations

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Current Version:
2011
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Encyclopedias, Language reference
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6 words

... Canadian Youth Mission to...

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English

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Current Version:
2002
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... noun M16 Modern Latin (from Greek kuma billow, wave, wavy molding, from kuein to become pregnant). 1 M16 Architecture An ogee molding of a cornice. 2 E18 Botany A cyme...

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New Oxford American Dictionary (3 ed.)

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English Dictionary
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
60 words
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Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)

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English Dictionary
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
50 words
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The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
27 words
cyma

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The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
27 words
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Australian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
27 words
cyma

cyma  

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(pl. cymae).Projecting moulding, common in Classical architecture, with an ogee section, usually of equal convex and concave arcs, with a plain fillet above and below it. There are two main types: ...
doucine

doucine  

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Cyma recta.
gorge

gorge  

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1 Shallow part-elliptical cavetto.2 Neck (gorgerin) of a column-shaft at the top, as in the Tuscan and Roman Doric Orders.3 Cyma.4 Apophyge.
gutter

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Channel for taking water away, e.g. at the eaves of a roof. It may take several forms, e.g. be shaped like a cyma recta moulding, and is usually of metal.
cymatium

cymatium  

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Crown-moulding of a Classical cornice, commonly of the cyma type, but sometimes an ovolo (in some Tuscan Orders) and sometimes a cavetto (in the Doric Order).
fastigium

fastigium  

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1 Slope or fall of any surface or plane.2 Gable or pediment.3 Raking mouldings, especially the cyma, of a pediment.4 Canopy carried on four columns, especially with a pedimented top.5 Ridge on a ...
hawksbeak

hawksbeak  

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1 Romanesque ovolo moulding enriched with sculpted beak-heads.2 Any moulding with a convex top and a concave underside meeting at a point, in section resembling the beak of a bird of prey, as on a ...
supercilium

supercilium  

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1 Lintel above an aperture (see antepagment).2 Fillet above a cyma on a cornice forming the topmost member of the entablature.3 Fillets above and below the scotia of an Attic base. 2. and 3. are of ...
water leaf

water leaf  

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1 Transitional early Gothic C12 carved ornament on each angle of a capital, essentially a large, broad, plain leaf resembling a water-lily or lily-pad, flowing out from above the astragal in a ...

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