Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.64

c4.64

A *capótam* (12) is a section of moulding made in the form of a pigeon’s head, from which it takes its name. It is a crowning member of cornices, pedestals, and entablatures. When employed in the latter, it often connects utility with beauty, in as much as the beak of the bird is so placed as to serve the purpose of a spout to throw off the water falling on the cornice. In this office it resembles, in some measure, the *corona* of the Grecian order.