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Architectural Terms
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Rekha deul, a towered sanctuary (Orissan).
Reliquary, receptacle for relics.
Renaissance, revival of art and letters in Europe under the influence of classical models in 14th and 16th centuries.
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Rib, projecting band on a ceiling or vault.
Ridge, highest point of a roof, running from end to end. Rococo, style with debased Renaissance features.
Roll moulding, also called scroll moulding from its resemblance to a scroll of paper.
Rood-loft, raised gallery in front of the chancel of a church or cathedral.
Rood-screen, framing separating the chancel from the rest of the
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Rosette, rose-shaped ornament.
Rose window or wheel window, circular window with millions converging like the spokes of a wheel.
Rotunda, building of circular ground plan, circular hall or room. Rudra Kanda, sixteen-sided pillar.
Runnel, small hollow.
Rustication, method of forming stonework with recessed joints.
Sabha mandapa or chavadi, assembly hall. Sal, hall.
Salunkha, alter.
Sanctum, holiest portion of a temple; inner sanctuary; garbha griha.
Sangarama, monastery.
Sankha, a shell, emblem of the god Vishnu. Santhagara, mote, moot or meeting hall.
Saptaratha deul, structure with seven pilasters on its facade.
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Sarai, caravansarai, halting place.
Sarsen, large sandstone block as at Stonehenge.
schist, type of rock, metamorphic, and fissile (split) in character; dark slate coloured.
