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Ovolo
Also called quarter round
A convex moulding of a quarter-circle (or quarter-ellipse) section; often carved with egg-and-dart.
See also: Echinus, Egg-and-dart
Rules that use the word
The alphabet of mouldings. Build every profile from a small set of elements (fillet, torus, astragal, scotia, ovolo, cavetto, cyma recta and cyma reversa), alternating curved with flat and light with shadow.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Anatomy of an Order, The Tuscan Order, The Ionic Order.
Nearby in the glossary
Organic architecture · Oriel · Orthostat · Oval · Pada · Pagoda · Paifang · Palazzo