METOPE.—The spaces between the triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which in the Parthenon, for instance, were filled in with sculpture; but in modern porticoes that pique themselves upon being _after the Parthenon_, they are mere blanks. MINUTE.—The sixtieth part of the diameter of the column as a proportional measure. Minutes are written thus, 10′, _i. e._ ten minutes. MODILLION.—The small bracket-shaped members or ornaments in the Corinthian cornice are termed _modillions_. See page 61. MODULE.—The semi-diameter of the column, or 30 minutes. See _Diameter_. MOULDINGS.—The principal mouldings and the difference of their profiles in the Grecian and Roman styles are here exhibited. [Illustration: Greek. Roman. Echinus or Ovolo.] [Illustration: Cyma Recta.] [Illustration: Cyma Reversa.] [Illustration: Scotia.] [Illustration: Torus.] MONOTRIGLYPHIC.—That mode of intercolumniation in the Doric Order according to which there is only a single triglyph over each intercolumn, 20. MUTULES.—The small blocks or plates attached to the soffit of the corona in the Doric cornice. NECKING.—See _Hypotrachelium_. OVOLO.—See _Echinus_. PEDESTAL.—No constituent or essential part of an Order, but merely a casual addition to it, 7. PEDIMENT answers to the Gable in Gothic Architecture, &c., it being the vertical triangular plane at the end of a roof which slopes downwards on each side from its ridge. The Pediment differs from the Gable in having a _tympanum_, or clearly defined triangular surface with a horizontal cornice below and two sloping or raking cornices. See page 24. PILASTER.—Unknown to Greek Architecture, in which only antæ (see _Antæ_) were admitted: Pilasters are employed by the Moderns as substitutes for an Order in engaged columns, and are, perhaps, even preferable to the latter, inasmuch as they combine better and more naturally with the wall to which they are attached.