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- carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles
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This Etruscan antefix depicts the mythological character Silenus. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Etruscan antefix from Vulci, 1st century BCE.
Etruscan antefix from Cerveteri, 6th century BCE.
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 other ornament, especially in the Roman period. By this time they were found on many large buildings, including private houses.
Etymology
From Latin antefixa, pl. of antefixum, something fastened in front, from antefixus, fastened in front: ante-, ante- and fixus, fastened, past participle of figere, to fasten.[1]
References
- ^ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/antefix
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ante-fixae". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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- Media related to Antefixes at Wikimedia Commons
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- 古代建築装飾のアート性を取り入れた、企画提案からデザイン、施工図の作成。原型、雌型、成形を制作、現場施工まで一貫した体制で責任を持って対応させていただきます。FRP、GRG、石膏、天井ドーム、柱
- Antefix definition, 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. See more. Dictionary.com Word of the Day Translate Games Blog Thesaurus.com ...
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