1) Ancient Roman pottery 2) Architectural element 3) Architectural ornament 4) Etruscan architecture
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An antefix (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of the roof of a tiled roof. In grand buildings the face of each stone ante-fix was richly carved, often with the anthemion ornament. In less grand buildings moulded ceramic ante-fixae, usually terracotta, might be decorated with figures or...
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• (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water. • (n.) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof. • (n.) An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
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Antefix (plural antefixae) is, originally, an upright decoration used to hide the end of a run of roof tiles. Now also used as general ornamentation.
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An'te·fix` noun ;
plural English
Antefixes ; Latin
Antefixa [ Latin
ante +
fixus fixed.]
(Architecture) (a) An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
(b) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.
(c) An or...
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In architecture, an antefix is an ornament, often of terracotta, placed at the eaves or along the cornice of classical buildings to mask the end of each ridge of tiling.
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A Latin word for a terracotta plaque covering the end of an IMBREX at eaves level, and usually decorated with an APOTROPAIC subject.
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n] - carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles
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antefix, antefixes, antefixa, antefixal An upright ornament along the eaves of a tiled roof designed to conceal the joints between the rows of tiles.
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noun carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles
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an upright ornament at the eaves of a tiled roof, to conceal the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles. · an ornament above the top molding of a cornice.
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