On the soffit and sides are frescoes on a gold ground by Primaticcio, restored in 1835 by Picot.
The roof and thesoffit of the arch over the altar are covered with mosaics representing the Judgment Day, by Tafi, Torrita, and G.
The lower surface or soffit of the arch is the intrados, E, and the upper surface the extrados, F.
The lower portions of many of these slabs were decorated in relief and in colour at the back, showing that they were exposed to view below the soffit of the projecting eaves.
Flat arch, where the soffit is horizontal and sometimes slightly cambered (dotted line).
The face of the sub-arch or soffit is sometimes enriched with oblong panelled compartments, arched-headed and foliated; and these are continued down the inner sides of the piers.
The soffitof the cornice is decorated with clouds, stars, and a dove; and on the edge of the cornice is a passage of Scripture (1 Cor.
Passing through a high, round-headed arch with paneled jambs and soffit one enters the central hall, a magnificent apartment in the mutulary Doric order, extending through the building to the Chestnut Street entrance.
In such instances the projection was so great that the entablature sections above the columns were square, and the soffit of the corona in the pediment was paneled.
The thickness of the walls in houses of brick and stone encouraged the custom of paneling the jambs and soffit of doorway openings to correspond with the paneling of the doors, the effect being rich and very pleasing.
The pediment framing the simple but very graceful fanlight is enriched by cornice moldings, hand-tooled to fine scale, the soffit of the corona being fluted, the bed-molding reeded and the dentil course being a familiar Grecian fret.
Paneled jambs were let into the reveals of the opening, and whatever the panel arrangement of the door, a corresponding arrangement was followed in paneling the jambs and the soffit of the arch or flat lintel above.
One notices there also the beautiful beveled paneling of the window embrasures, the paneled soffit of the Palladian window and its built-in seat.
Later, outside shutters came into vogue, and the jambs and soffit of the embrasures were paneled, as at Whitby Hall, the treatment of the Palladian window on the staircase landing in this house being an especially fine example.
The soffit is flat, with a round moulding at the inner and the outer edge.
On the soffit of the transverse arch between the first and second bays.
In the soffit of the arch, the head of Christ in a medallion, with rays issuing from behind the aureola.
In the soffit of the architrave are sunk panels of various patterns, the six-armed cross occurring twice.
On the soffit of the transverse arch, between the first and second bays.
Doubtless the arches themselves would suffer in the crash, and would require repairing and rebuilding in part, which was evidently done, as the date 1634 is carved on the soffit of the crossing.
The custom of decorating the arch soffit with panelling is a Roman application of the Greek roof ornament, which, whatever its intrinsic merit (compare Chap.
One is apt to make a fussy effect, if, for instance, one insists on always shading the soffit of the masonry opening, especially if the scale of the drawing be small.
If the frame be left white, however, the soffit ought to be shaded, otherwise it will be difficult to keep the values distinct.
Besides, a white soffit is not a false but merely a forced value, as in strong sunlight the reflected light is considerable.
A scamillus thus creates the incision between the upper drum of the shaft and the necking of the Doric capital, and is also occasionally inserted between the top of the abacus and the soffit of the epistyle.
A projection upon the soffit of the Doric corona, which originally marked the position of the rafter-ends beneath the sheathing.
Its soffit contains an evident addition, as if the architect felt that it needed emphasising by some enrichment.
The soffit of the triumphal arch has medallions of female saints within wreaths, and at the summit an Agnus Dei.
The soffit of the arch is carved, and the face of the pilaster below has a very rich and graceful vine arabesque upon it.
In the two remaining bays the main arches are entirely Decorated, the lower order being of limestone and the large moulding under the soffithaving a fillet.
The arches differ from those in the transept only in that the large moulding under the soffit is 'keeled,' and that the mouldings which flank it are simple ridges.
If the arch is in Flemish the soffit presents the same appearance as the elevation of a wall built in that bond.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soffit" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
