Terminus (original) (raw)

Architecture

" A bust or figure of the upper part of the human body springing out of a plain block of rectangular form, pilaster, or the lower part of a console, bracket, or the like." - Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture , Ed. by Cyril M. Harris. Dover Pub. 1977

Originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome**.**

"In Roman religion, Terminus was the god who protected boundary markers; his name was the Latin word for such a marker. Sacrifices were performed to sanctify each boundary stone, and landowners celebrated a festival called the Terminalia in Terminus' honor each year on February 23." - Wikipedia: Terminus

Found in Georgian Revival, Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire, Tudor Revival styles