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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Pinnacle. A small spire. 



Piscina. A stone basin usually placed in a niche in 

 the wall of the chancel at which the priest might wash 

 his hands. 



Plus. More. 



Plinth. The lower projecting base of a column. 



Poco a Poco. Gradually ; by a regular gradation. 



Pomposo. Pompously. 



Precipitate. Very quickly ; hurriedly. 



Premiere. First; as premiere fow, first time. 



Presto. Very quick. 



Primo. First, as violino primo, first violin. 



Pronaos. The portico situated in front of a temple. 



Propylaea. Gateway or entrance to an Egyptian 

 temple. 



uasi. In the manner of ; like. 

 uieto. With repose, quietly. 

 Quatrefoil. An ornament in pointed architecture, 

 consisting of four foils. 



Kapido. Rapidly. 



Kinforzando. Rinf. or Rf., with increase. 



Ritenente, Ritenato. Decreasing in speed. 



Rococo. A style of decoration distinguished by a 

 superfluity of confused and discordant detail. 



Romanesque. The debased style of architecture and 

 ornament adopted in the later Roman empire, and the 

 styles founded upon it. 



Rose Window. A large, circular window divided 

 into compartments by curved mullions. 



Rubble. Rough stones and broken bricks, used to 

 fill up between walls. 



Rustication. Hewn stone masonry, the joints of 

 which are rendered conspicuous by grooves or channels. 



Sarcophagus. A stone coffin. 



Scumbling. The process of going over a painting 

 with a brush, nearly dry, to soften and blend the tints. 



Segno. Sign, as al segno, go back to sign. 



Sempre. Always, as sempre piano. 



Serioso. Seriously. 



Shaft. The body of a column. 



Solo, Sola. Alone. A composition rendered by one 

 person. 



Sostenuto or Sost. Prolonged, sustained. 



Sphi'nx'. A human head on a lion's body, typifying 

 the union of intellectual and physical power. An Egyp- 

 tian emblem, signifying .the religious mystery. 



Staccato. Each note to be distinctly marked. 



Stesso. The same. 



Stylohate. The common base of a row of columns. 



Syncopation. Connecting the last note of a bar with 



the first note of the following, thus forming one pro- 

 longed note with a duration equal to the two. 

 Syncopate. In a syncopated style. 



Tanto or Ton. Not so much. 



Tardo. Slowly. 



Taenia. A band which separates the Doric frieze 

 from the architrave. 



Tempo Comodo. Conveniently. 



Tempera. Painting with pigments mixed with chalk 

 or clay, and diluted with size. 



Theme. A subject. 



Thalamus. The nuptial chamber in a Rome boose. 



Torso. The trunk of the statue of a human figure. 



Tranquillo. Tranquilly. 



Tremendi. With terrific expression. 



Tremando, Tremolo. The rapid striking of a note 

 so as to produce a tremulous effect. 



Trille, or Trillo. A trill or shake. 



Trio. A composition for three performers. 



Triplet. A group of three notes equal in duration of 

 time to two notes of the same value. 



Tracery. Geometrical ornament. 



Transept. A transverse nave, passing in front of 

 the choir, and crossing the longitudinal nave of a church. 



Transom. The horizontal cross bar in a window. 



Trefoil. An ornament of three foils. 



Triforium. The second or middle story of the nave 

 wall of a Gothic church, consisting of a gallery over the 

 ceiling of the side aisle and below its roof. 



Triglyph. An ornament, consisting of three flutmgs 

 or upright groupings, separating the metopes in a Done 

 frieze. 



Triptych. A form of pictures in three panels. 



Tympanum. The triangular space between the 

 horizontal and sloping cornices. The name is also 

 given to the space included between the lintel of a door 

 and the arch over it. 



Un. A, as un poco, a little. 



Vault. An arched ceiling or roof of stone. 

 Veloce. Rapidly. 

 Velocissimo. With great rapidity. 

 Vigoroso. With vigor. 

 Vivace. Vivamented; briskly. 

 Volti Suhito. Turn over quickly. 

 Volute. A spiral scroll. 



Voussoirs. The wedge-shaped stones iised in ci 

 structing an arch. 



) (Lit. bearing animals.) A continuous 

 18 > | frieze, decorated with figures of ani- 



Zoophorus, 

 Zophorus. 



mals, conventional and reaU 



