A dictionary of Greek and Roman . tit. 17. s. 2. § 9. 11.)ANTECOENA. [Coexa.]ANTEFIXA, terra-cottas, which exhibited va-rious ornamental designs, and were used in archi-tecture, to cover the frieze (zophorus) or corniceof the entablature. (Festus, ) These terra-cottas do not appear to have been used among theGreeks, but were probably Etrurian in their origin,and were thence taken for the decoration of Romanbuildings. The name a?ttefijca is evidently derived from thecircumstance that they were fixed before thebuildings which they adorned ; and in many in-stances they have been
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . tit. 17. s. 2. § 9. 11.)ANTECOENA. [Coexa.]ANTEFIXA, terra-cottas, which exhibited va-rious ornamental designs, and were used in archi-tecture, to cover the frieze (zophorus) or corniceof the entablature. (Festus, ) These terra-cottas do not appear to have been used among theGreeks, but were probably Etrurian in their origin,and were thence taken for the decoration of Romanbuildings. The name a?ttefijca is evidently derived from thecircumstance that they were fixed before thebuildings which they adorned ; and in many in-stances they have been found fastened to thefrieze with leaden nails. They were formed inH 98 , and then baked by fire ; so that the num-ber of them might be increased to any the great variety and exquisite beauty of theworkmanship, the reader may best form an idea byinspecting the collection of them in the BritishMuseum. The two imperfect antefixa, here represented,are among those found at Velletri, and describedby Carloni. {Roma, 1785.).
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