cella
Americannoun
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cellae
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the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
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the entire central structure of a classical temple.
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Etymology
Origin of cella
1670–80; < Latin: storeroom, shrine, akin to cēlāre to hide; see conceal
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Enough old stones exist to rebuild much of the wall of the Parthenon's rectangular interior chamber, or cella.
From Time Magazine Archive
The building was also given 94 a vaulted roof, which covered the cella alone.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
An examination of the foundation for the east wall reveals an interesting condition which is unintelligible if the cella of Athena had a higher floor-level than the western cella.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
To Juventas, as personifying the eternal youth of the Roman state, a chapel was dedicated in very early times in the cella of Minerva in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The accepted plan of the cella compels an orientation east and west instead of north and south for its two chambers.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
Hercules, Doric order appropriate to, 15; site of temple of, 31; cellae of temple of, 53; Pompey's temple of, 80.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The conclusive argument is that there are no cuttings in the rock for the cross-wall between the two cellae, although that rock lay only 1-1.50 m. below the base of the wall.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
Why did he not visit the cellae which lay at the higher level and then proceed to that at a lower level in the west part of the Erechtheum?
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
Patras, cellae of temple built of brick, 53.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
For the cellae of Athena and Erechtheus ought then to have been considered separately.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
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