- coffer or coffering
- In architecture, sunken panels in a soffit, ceiling, vault, or dome; often ornamental.
Glossary of Art Terms. 2014.
coffer or coffering
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Coffer — For other uses, see Coffer (disambiguation). Coffering on the ceiling of the Pantheon, Rome A coffer (or coffering) in architecture, is a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault … Wikipedia
coffer — cofferlike, adj. /kaw feuhr, kof euhr/, n. 1. a box or chest, esp. one for valuables. 2. coffers, a treasury; funds: The coffers of the organization were rapidly filled by the contributions. 3. any of various boxlike enclosures, as a cofferdam. 4 … Universalium
coffering — ˈkȯf(ə)riŋ, ˈkäf noun ( s) Etymology: coffer (I) + ing : a system or structure of coffers carved and gilded ceiling coffering … Useful english dictionary
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Pantheon, Rome — The Pantheon (Latin Pantheon , [Rarely Pantheum . This rare usage appears in Pliny s Natural History (XXXVI.38) in describing this edifice: Agrippae Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis; in columnis templi eius Caryatides probantur inter pauca … Wikipedia
