pteroma
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Origin of pteroma
< Latin pterōma < Greek ptérōma
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Others actually remove the temple walls, transferring them to the intercolumniations, and thus, by dispensing with the space needed for a pteroma, greatly increase the extent of the cella.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
If the temple is to be more than twenty feet in width, let two columns be placed between the two antae, to separate the pteroma from the pronaos.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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