. Architecture for general students. Grecian ArcJiitectiire. 57 surface ; thus they seem divided into three parts,and hence their designation. Tliese are placed atequal distances along the upper side of the architrave,and upon them rests the lower member of the cor-nice. The intervening spaces arefilled with square slabs, and theseare called metopes. Their surfaceis sometimes plain and sometimesornamented with bas-reliefs. Inthe oldest remains of this order, ~^ spaces are left open, probably to admit thelight, and so the triglyphs alone form the triglyphs slightly proje

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. Architecture for general students. Grecian ArcJiitectiire. 57 surface ; thus they seem divided into three parts,and hence their designation. Tliese are placed atequal distances along the upper side of the architrave,and upon them rests the lower member of the cor-nice. The intervening spaces arefilled with square slabs, and theseare called metopes. Their surfaceis sometimes plain and sometimesornamented with bas-reliefs. Inthe oldest remains of this order, ~^ spaces are left open, probably to admit thelight, and so the triglyphs alone form the triglyphs slightly project beyondthe architrave, and on the underprojecting surface of each one, are ^^m^ guttae or drops which simulate plinth which forms the first member of thecornice, projects some distance beyond the frieze,and along its under surface are arranged, in har-mony with the triglyphs and metopes, rectangularblocks resembling the ends of rafters, and calledmutules. These, also, were ornamented on theunder side by gut

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