#271 cornice

cornice- a continuous projecting course or moulding at the top of a wall, building

-C16 from Old French, Italian, Latin coronis decorative flourish used by scribes, from Greek koronis curved object, crown

In the crown cavetto of the cornice is an Egyptian winged globe, entwined with serpents, emblematical of time and eternity; and on the faci below is engraved a verse.

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