Glossary · C
Cushion capital
Also called block capital, cushion capitals
A Romanesque capital shaped like a cube with its lower corners rounded off to meet the circular shaft.
See also: Compound pier
Rules that use the word
The Minoan column tapers downward. Make the timber column narrower at the foot than at the top, set it on a stone disc, and crown it with a fat cushion capital and a square abacus.
Where it appears in the book
A feature of Aegean Bronze Age architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Cruck · Cupola · Curtain wall · Curvilinear tracery · Cusp · Cyclopean masonry · Cyma recta · Cyma reversa