Glossary · E
Echinus
The convex, cushion-like moulding under the abacus of a Doric capital (and carved with egg-and-dart under the Ionic volutes).
Rules that use the word
The Composite capital: Ionic volutes on Corinthian leaves. Compose the Roman or Composite capital from two rows of Corinthian leaves round the bell with a full Ionic capital (echinus and four diagonal volutes) above them.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters What Is Architecture?, The Tuscan Order, The Doric Order, The Ionic Order, The Composite Order.
Nearby in the glossary
Dromos · Drum · Duck · Eaves · Egg-and-dart · Emplekton · Enfilade · Engawa