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Art/Literary - Architecture | | Italian term or phrase: fastigio | | La facciata è impostata su due ordini, con al centro il portale incorniciato da colonne e sormontato da un’edicola, ed è conclusa da un originale fastigio mistilineo. |
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 Dr Lofthouse
| Grading comment Although I considered using "fastigium," ultimately, "pediment" seemed as appropriate/accurate a choice, while remaining more accessible than the Latin term. My thanks to all who offered their input!
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38 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 gable end / summit
Explanation:
mixtilinear summit / gable end
http://www.nelsalento.com/art_00000B6XX5E00.html
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-28 01:20:03 GMT)
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mixtilinear gable (thank you mediamatrix)
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