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Definition of Archivolt
1. n. The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.
Definition of Archivolt
1. Noun. (architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Archivolt
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archivolt
Literary usage of Archivolt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monuments of the Early Church by Walter Lowrie (1901)
"The architrave was used in S. Maria Maggiore; the archivolt, in S. Paul's. ...
The substitution of the archivolt in this connection did not comport ..."
2. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1873)
"THE archivolt AND APERTURE. § i. IF the windows and doors of some of our best
northern Gothic buildings were built up, and the ornament of their ..."
3. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"1, 2) and the archivolt of the western portal of Calvenzano (Plate 42, Fig. ...
The archivolt of Calvenzano which is probably even earlier than the tomb of ..."
4. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"The arch itself may be turned either with rock-worked or plain rustic arch stones
or voussoirs, or with an archivolt properly moulded. ..."
5. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1884)
"We give an example of this peculiarly Assyrian arrangement from one of the gateways
at FIG. 91.—Return round the angle of an archivolt in one of the gates ..."
6. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... were all cut out of the same block, and in the early Christian work, the arches
themselves would, with their archivolt, be treated in the same way. ..."
7. The Story of Venice by Thomas Okey (1905)
"MARCO—DETAIL OF archivolt with their appropriate celestial signs. On the left at
bottom, January, a man carrying a tree; Acquarius above him being ..."
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