basket capital


basket capital

A capital with interlaced bands resembling the weave of a basket, found in Byzantine architecture. See also: capital

capital

capitals capital: nomenclature The topmost structural member of a column, pilaster, anta, or the like, often decorated; may support an architrave, 1 or may be surmounted by an impost. See illustrations under the various orders; also see angle capital, basket capital, bracket capital, bud capital, Byzantine capital (illustrated under Byzantine architecture),