Glossary · S
Scotia
Also called trochilus
A deep concave moulding, most often between the two tori of an Attic base, where its shadow separates them.
See also: Attic base
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 Ionic Order.
Nearby in the glossary
Salle de verdure · Sarsen · Sash window · Scaenae frons · Screens passage · Scroll · Segmental pediment · Seked