Glossary · C
Compluvium
The rectangular opening in the roof of a Roman atrium, toward which the roof sloped inward; Vitruvius makes it a quarter to a third of the atrium’s width.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Classical World.
Nearby in the glossary
Coffer · Collar · Column · Commensurability · Composite · Compound pier · Concinnitas · Conservatory