terminal figure
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Terminal figures from an achitectural catalog by Hans Vredeman de Vries (1565)
Noun
terminal figure (plural terminal figures)
- (architecture) a statue with a head or bust carved out of the top of a square tapering pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.
- Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries.
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