peristyle
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A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
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A Christian basilica of the 4th or 5th century stood behind its entirely enclosed forecourt ringed with a colonnade or arcade, like the stoa or peristyle that was its ancestor or like the cloister that was its descendant.
As with Temple C, there are many circular and square cavities in the pavement of the peristyle and of the naos, whose function is unknown.
Grimm, "On Food and the Body," p. 356. Guests were entertained in a finely decorated dining room ( triclinium ), often with a view of the peristyle garden.
Mediaeval window at the back of the cathedral ( peristyle One line of the Lords of Ysenburg resided from 1258 to 1406 at Limburg Castle and took their name from their seat, Limburg.
It was built on an older curvilinear building dating perhaps from the 10th century B.C, on which a peristyle was added.
Clarke, The Houses of Roman Italy, p. 2. In addition to a kitchen garden— windowboxes might substitute in the insulae—townhouses typically enclosed a peristyle garden that brought a tract of nature, made orderly, within walls.