Triglyph
A name given in the Doric frieze to surfaces which, projecting over every column and between metopes, are ornamented with three parallel channels, two complete ones in the middle and two halves at the corners.Description: Their height exceeds their width, and they project slightly beyond the face of the metope. The triglyph is decorated with bold deep grooves: two complete grooves and two half grooves at the outer edges, which divide the the face of the triglyph into three smooth vertical bands. These grooves start at the base of the triglyph but do not reach to the top of the triglyph. There is normally one triglyph to each column, and one to each intercolumniation. It is the regula, placed below the taenia and carrying the guttae, which is the same width and alignment as the triglyph. Across the top of the triglyph is a plain flat horizontal band called the triglyph capital.
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