Bar´biton (Gr.). An ancient Greek musical instrument of many strings, resembling a lyre.
Caryat´id, pl. caryat´ides (Gr. pl. priestesses of Artemis at Caryæ in Laconia, the connection of which with the architectural support has not as yet been satisfactorily explained). Figures of female human beings employed in the place of columns to support an entablature.
Cel´la (Lat.; from celare, to hide). All that portion of the temple structure within the walls. The term cella is comprehensive, including pronaos, naos, and, if such there be, opisthodomos and epinaos.
Cham´fer (Fr. chamfrein, Old Engl. chanfer). A slope or small splay formed by cutting off the edges of an angle.
Chan´nel (a modification of canal, from Lat. canna, reed). A curved furrow, immediately adjoining its repetition, and separated from it only by an arris, as in the Doric column.
Chorag´ic (Gr. χοραγικός or χορηγικός, from χορός, chorus, and ἄγω, to lead). Pertaining to, or in honor of, a choregos, i. e. one who superintended a musical or theatrical entertainment among the Greeks, and provided a chorus at his own expense.
Chryselephan´tine (Gr. χρυσελεφάντινος, from χρυσός, gold, and ἔλεφας, ivory). A kind of sculpture in gold and ivory overlaying a wooden kernel—the drapery and ornaments being of the former, the exposed flesh of the latter, material.
Clere´-story (Fr. clair-étage, claire-voie, from clair, light). That portion of a central aisle which is so raised above the surrounding parts of the building as to permit the illumination of the interior through windows in its side walls.
Coilanaglyph´ic (from Gr. κοίλος, hollow, and γλυφή, carving). That species of carving in relief in which no part of the figure represented projects beyond the surrounding plane, the relief being effected by deeply incising the outlines.
Cor´nice (Gr. κορωνίς, Lat. coronis, terminating curved line; flourish with the pen at the end of a book). The uppermost division of the entablature—the representative of the roof—consisting of projecting mouldings and blocks, usually divisible into bed-moulding, corona, and gutter. Hence, in general usage, any moulded projection which crowns and terminates the part upon which it is employed.