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gutta ( pl. guttae)
gutta: Top , guttae attached to mutules; bottom, detail showing guttae
In Classical architecture, one of a number of pendant ornaments in a rectangular arrangement; each gutta is shaped like an inverted frustum of a cone, i.e., a cone in which the upper tip has been lopped off; usually found on the underside of the mutules of a Doric entablature.
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