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{{short description|Element of Doric columns in classical architecture}}
[[Image:RomanDoricOrderEngraving.jpg|thumb|right|Horizontal '''taenia''' pictured as a shadow under the [[cymatium]] (to either side of the [[gutta]]) in the Roman [[Doric order]] at the [[Theater of Marcellus]]]]
[[Image:Segesta-bjs-4.jpg|thumb|Detail of the entablature at the [[Segesta#The temple|Temple of Segesta]]]]

In [[classical architecture]], a '''taenia''' ({{langx|la|taenia}}, {{ety|grc|''ταινία'' ([[tainia|tainía]])|band, ribbon}}) is a small "[[Fillet (mechanics)|fillet]]" [[molding (decorative)|molding]] near the top of the [[architrave]] in a [[Doric order|Doric]] column.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Taenia|volume=26|page=354}}</ref> The entire structure above the [[columns]] is called the [[entablature]]. It is commonly divided into the architrave, directly above the columns; the [[frieze]], a strip with no horizontal molding, which is [[ornament (architecture)|ornamented]] in all but the [[Tuscan order]]; and the [[cornice]], the projecting and protective member at the top.

The architrave, the lowest band, is split from bottom to top into the broad [[Fascia (architecture)|fascia]], the [[guttae]] or "drips" (below the [[triglyph]] in the frieze), and the ''taenia'' (below the projecting [[cymatium]]).

==See also==
* [[Classical order]]
* [[Roman architecture]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* Image: [[:Image:Table of architecture, Cyclopaedia, 1728, volume 1.jpg|Table of architecture, Cyclopaedia, 1728, volume 1]]

[[Category:Columns and entablature]]
[[Category:Ancient Roman architectural elements]]


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