Entablature signifies properly the Flooring or Lofting with Boards; it comes from the Latin word Tabulatum. In Architecture it’s that part which is composed of the Architrave, Frise, and Cornice, for in effect this part is the extream part of the Flooring, which is supported by Pillars, or by a Wall if it have no Pillars.
Eye is the middle of the Jonick Volute, which is cut in the form of a little Rose.
Eurythmie, from εὖ bene, and αριθμὸς numera: it signifies Proportion; it’s taken in its general signification in Architecture; for in its particular signification it signifies the true measure that is observed in Dancing after Musick.
Eustyle, from εὖ bene, and στὺλος a Pillar; its the Order where Pillars are rightly placed, the Intercolumniations being two Diameters and a quarter.
F
Ace is a Member of Architecture, which has a great Breadth and a small Projecture; it’s in Architraves.
Filet is a little square streight Member.
Fresco, and to paint in Fresco or Freth, is an Italian Phrase, and it signifies the Painting which is made upon the Plaistering before it be dry.
Frise is that part which is between the Architrave and the Cornice.