Pulvinatus

Latin-English

pulvīnāt|us, -a, -um. (pul.viˈna.tus) adj.

1. Cushion-shaped.

[pulvinus.]

Loci

• αʹ Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.2:

Item si doricis epistlyiis in coronis denticuli sculpentur aut in pulvinatis columnis et Ionicis epistyliis [capitulis] exprimentur triglyphi, translatis ex alia ratione proprietatibus in aliud genus operis offendetur aspectus aliis ante ordinis consuetudinibus institutis.

Also, if dentils are carved on the cornices in Doric entablatures, or if triglyphs are formed on the cushion-shaped capitals on the columns in Ionic entablatures, the look of the work will be ruined by the transfer of characteristics from one order to another, when the other conventions of the order have been established beforehand.