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Ovolo vs Ovoo - What's the difference?

ovolo | ovoo |

As nouns the difference between ovolo and ovoo

is that ovolo is a classical convex moulding carved with an egg-and-dart ornament while ovoo is a shamanistic cairn found in Mongolia, usually made from rocks or wood and found on or around mountains.

ovolo

English

(wikipedia ovolo)

Alternative forms

* ovulo

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A classical convex moulding carved with an (egg-and-dart) ornament.
  • * 2001 , Adolfo J. Domínguez, Carmen Sánchez, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (editor), Greek Pottery from the Iberian Peninsula: Archaic and Classical Periods , page 196,
  • Decoration inside: six linked palmettes with 9 petals around a band of ovolos' between incised lines, surrounded by 13 palmettes linked around a band of ' ovolos .
  • * 2005 , Robert Chitham, The Classical Orders Of Architecture , 2nd Edition, page 76,
  • Each of the pairs is connected by a kind of web, and each pair stands clear of the ovolo' and ''astragal'' mouldings which form a kind of extension to the column shaft and complete the essential construction of the capital. ' Ovolo and astragal are enriched with egg and dart and bead and reel respectively, the setting out related to a fluting pattern of twenty-four flutes to the column shaft circumference, as shown on the plan.
  • * 2008 , Roy Underhill, Eleanor Underhill, The Woodwright?s Guide: Working Wood With Wedge and Edge , page 112,
  • Using a template or a good eye to guide the paring chisel, slice off the corners of the tenon ovolos at 45 degrees.

    Synonyms

    * echinus * quarter-round

    See also

    * astragal * egg and dart ----

    ovoo

    English

    (wikipedia ovoo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shamanistic cairn found in Mongolia, usually made from rocks or wood and found on or around mountains.