A velarium ("curtain") was a type of awning used in Roman times. It stretched over the whole of the cavea, the seating area in amphitheaters, to protect...

the attic. They originally supported a retractable awning, known as the velarium, that kept the sun and rain off spectators. This consisted of a canvas-covered...

found where there used to be poles, which could be used to stretch a large velarium over the grandstand to protect the spectators from the sun. In the 13th...

without the use of earthworks. The cavea was not roofed, rather, awnings (velarium) could be pulled overhead to provide shelter from rain or sunlight. Vomitoria...

Awning is the most basic type of architectural textile. In Roman times, a velarium was used as an awning to cover the entire cavea, the seating area within...

cross-beams". Among the most significant awnings in the ancient world was the velarium, the massive complex of retractable shade structures that could be deployed...

locomotory and feeding organ found in the larval veliger stage of bivalves Velarium, also known as velum, a textile overhang used in Roman times Vellum, animal...

tutor Adolf Schroedter in August 1871. In Berlin, Werner designed a large velarium stretching over the Unter den Linden boulevard at the triumphant arrival...

masts are found in the upper level of the theatre. These masts supported a velarium or awning that could be pulled over the audience to provide shade. The...

subumbrella. Cubozoa (box jellyfish) have a (rounded) box-shaped bell, and their velarium assists them to swim more quickly. Box jellyfish may be related more closely...

tentacles. The rim of the bell is folded inwards to form a shelf known as a velarium which restricts the bell's aperture and creates a powerful jet when the...

he learned that the builders of the ancient Colosseum installed a giant velarium (fabric awning) to shield spectators from the sun. The Astrodome was conceived...

completely occluding the apse, was a rich stucco decoration depicting a velarium held open by two angels, which departed from a wooden crown of considerable...

vary but never exceed the diameter of the cnidarian body. A narrow velum (velarium) is present in the organism and is 1 millimeter (0.039 in)-1 millimeter...

in the middle of the first century AD. The theatre was equipped with a velarium, a kind of awning that could be drawn over the cavea to provide shade for...

inside of the bell. The underside of the bell is partially constricted by a velarium, a horizontal ring of tissue, and in the centre is a manubrium, a tube-like...

equipped with a velarium, built in 1826 by Giuseppe Valadier: but one afternoon in late August – fortunately before the show started – the velarium collapsed...

Dudley, who took as his inspiration a feature of the Colosseum known as a velarium – a cooling system which consisted of a canvas-covered, net-like structure...

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and, like the semi-circular Roman theatres, un-roofed, except for the velarium, a cloth awning over some parts. Temple of Hercules Victor, in the Forum...

superior projection (diverticulum). Four perradial frenulae connectíng velarium and subumbrella. Cnidome: heterotrichous microbasic p-euryteles and small...

communicating to the north with a large belvedere terrace, equipped with a velarium. Along the western side, there is a cryptoporticus, a long walk once covered...

metres (9.8 to 13.1 ft) long. Halfway up the inside of the bell is the velarium, a horizontal ring of tissue partially blocking the aperture. The manubrium...

an echo with wind instruments, which dealt with the introduction of a "velarium" below the true roof. On 20 May 1871, Scott was made a Companion of the...

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naval headquarters at Misenum were housed and were employed to work the velarium at the Colosseum. Finally, the northern limits of Regio III contained the...

(classiarii) of the military fleet stationed in Miseno was used to maneuver the velarium, which protected the spectators of the Colosseum from the sun and rain...

the liturgical hall is arranged with one of its sides parallel to the velarium, from which it deviates, determining a gap in which is placed an access...

shown through a large theater with seven folded screens and a 7000 m2 velarium. The concept and design for the Urban Footprint Pavilion were contributed...

called porticus. It is confirmed that in other theatres awnings, in Latin velarium, were used. To attach these on the outer wall would have surely required...