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Peripteral

Also called peripteros

A temple surrounded on all four sides by a single row of columns (the peristyle).

See also: Peristyle, Dipteral

Rules that use the word

Twice as many intercolumniations on the flanks. In a peripteral temple the flanks have twice as many intercolumniations as the front: six columns in front means eleven along each side, counting the corner columns twice.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters The Temple.

A feature of Ancient Greek architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Pedestal · Pediment · Pendentive · Pergola · Peristyle · Perpendicular tracery · Perron · Piano nobile