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.
Entablature
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Source notes
APA citation. Poole, T. (1909). Entablature. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05479b.htm
MLA citation. Poole, Thomas. "Entablature." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05479b.htm>.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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Source Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) · Letter E