Griffe
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“Griffe from Poissy; end of 12th century. GRIFFE. In medieval architecture, from the eleventh to the fifteenth century, an ornament on the bases of pillars, connecting the torus with each angle of the plinth.” -Whitney, 1911
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architecture, torus, Romanesque, column base, pillar, spur, medieval architecture, griffins, plinth, 12th century, knoll, griffeSource
William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
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