cellae
- plural of cella.
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Within the cellae of Greek temples, the interior cross-wall is regularly at right angles to the axis of the main entrance and not parallel to that axis as in the west cella of the Erechtheum.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)
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 Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)
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
This took its name from the Capitolium of Roman times, the remains of which were found under the Piazza Luna; the three cellae were clearly traceable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Patras, cellae of temple built of brick, 53.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
