stylobate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stylobate
1555–65; < Latin stȳlobatēs, stȳlobata < Greek stȳlobátēs, equivalent to stȳlo- stylo- 2 + -batēs ( ba- (base of baínein to step) + -tēs agent suffix)
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This colonnade is supported by a circular stylobate, which rests on an octagon base, and is surrounded by a gallery, bordered by an iron balustrade.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
Projection of the stylobate with hypothesis of embossments on the stylobates and the bases of the columns.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The stylobate had therefore to be similarly curved so that the columns should be all of the same height.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
It is from the designs of Mr. Cundy, and consists of a colonnade of the Corinthian order, raised upon a plain joined stylobate.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829 by Various
Swellings of the die of the stylobate or bosses in the stylobate or the frieze of the entablature.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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