ACANTHUS: architectural ornament (stylised leaves of a Mediterranean plant).

CAPITAL: widened section above the shaft of a column, beneath the load carried.

COFFER: deeply recessed ceiling panel, often highly ornamented.

COLONNADE: one or more rows of columns forming an architectural unit.

CORINTHIAN: order of Greek and Roman architecture characterised by capitals richly ornamented with two rows of acanthus leaves above which protrude volutes.

CORNICE: projecting element at the top of a building intended to protect parts beneath from the rain; projecting ornamental feature on a wall, furniture, or around a ceiling.

DRUMS: cylinders of stone which, stacked, form a column.

FLUTING: parallel grooves used decoratively on the shaft of a column.

LOGGIA: an area recessed from an outside wall, forming a spacious internal balcony with arcades of columns, often roofed in, enclosed on at least one side, and often communicating with the building behind it.

OCULUS: a round or oval aperture, often glazed. Plural: oculi.

PEDIMENT: a triangular gable usually having a horizontal cornice with raked cornices on each side above a portico, a door, a window, etc.

PERISTYLE: a colonnade surrounding an entire building or some part thereof.

PIER: part of a wall between two doors or windows, possibly including panelling or other wall covering.

TYMPANUM: triangular space between a cornice and the two slopes of a pediment.