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A superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns in classic architecture. It is divided into three parts: the architrave (the supporting member carried from column to column); the frieze (the decorative portion); and the cornice (the crowning and projecting member). Each of the orders has its appropriate entablature, of which both the general height and the subdivisions are regulated by a scale of proportion derived from the diameter of the column. It is occasionally used to complete, architecturally, the upper portion of a wall, even when there are no columns, and in the case of pilasters or detached or engaged columns is sometimes profiled round them.

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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Entablature'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​e/entablature.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
 
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