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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Anthemion
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from the Gr. avf aov, a flower), the conventional design of flower or leaf forms which was largely employed by the Greeks to decorate (1) the fronts of ante-fixae, (2) the upper portion of the stele or vertical tombstones, (3) the necking of the Ionic columns of the Erechtheum and its continuation as a decorative frieze on the walls of the same, and (4) the cymatium of a cornice. Though generally known as the honeysuckle ornament, from its resemblance to that flower, its origin will be found in the flower of the acanthus plant.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Anthemion'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/anthemion.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Anthemion'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/anthemion.html. 1910.
