SOFFITA, or Soffi, is also used for the underside or face of an architrave; and more particularly for that of the corona or larmier, which the ancients called lacunar, the French plafond, and we usually the drip. It is enriched with compartments of roses; and in the Doric order has 18 drops, disposed in three ranks, six in each, placed to the right of the gattre, at the bottom of the triglyphs.
SOFFITA, or Soffi
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