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Available in 55 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-55" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">55 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fries_(boukunde)" title="Fries (boukunde) – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Fries (boukunde)" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2" title="إفريز – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إفريز" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz" title="Friz – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Friz" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B7_(%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Фрыз (архітэктура) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Фрыз (архітэктура)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B7_(%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Фрыз (архітэктура) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Фрыз (архітэктура)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7" title="Фриз – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Фриз" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz" title="Friz – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Friz" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fris" title="Fris – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fris" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlys" title="Vlys – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vlys" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frise" title="Frise – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Frise" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fries" title="Fries – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fries" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friis" title="Friis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Friis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CF%89%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Ζωφόρος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ζωφόρος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friso" title="Friso – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Friso" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friso" title="Friso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Friso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friso" title="Friso – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Friso" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="حاشیه زینتی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="حاشیه زینتی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frise_(architecture)" title="Frise (architecture) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Frise (architecture)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friso" title="Friso – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Friso" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%A6%88_(%EA%B1%B4%EC%B6%95)" title="프리즈 (건축) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프리즈 (건축)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A6_(%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6)" title="Ֆրիզ (ճարտարապետություն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրիզ (ճարտարապետություն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="चित्रवल्लरी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="चित्रवल्लरी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz" title="Friz – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Friz" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friso" title="Friso – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Friso" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plisir_(arsitektur)" title="Plisir (arsitektur) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Plisir (arsitektur)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregio" title="Fregio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fregio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96" title="אפריז – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אפריז" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%98" title="ფრიზი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფრიზი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7" title="Фриз – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Фриз" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophorus" title="Zophorus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Zophorus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C4%ABze" title="Frīze – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Frīze" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frizas" title="Frizas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Frizas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fries_(architectuur)" title="Fries (architectuur) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Fries (architectuur)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%ADz_(%C3%A9p%C3%ADt%C3%A9szet)" title="Fríz (építészet) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Fríz (építészet)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7" title="Фриз – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Фриз" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze" title="Frieze – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Frieze" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fries_(kunst)" title="Fries (kunst) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fries (kunst)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA_(%E5%BB%BA%E7%AF%89)" title="フリーズ (建築) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フリーズ (建築)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frise" title="Frise – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Frise" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frise" title="Frise – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Frise" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryz" title="Fryz – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fryz" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friso" title="Friso – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Friso" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz%C4%83" title="Friză – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Friză" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_(%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Фриз (архитектура) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Фриз (архитектура)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze" title="Frieze – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Frieze" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlys_(architekt%C3%BAra)" title="Vlys (architektúra) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Vlys (architektúra)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz" title="Friz – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Friz" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7" title="Фриз – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Фриз" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz" title="Friz – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Friz" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friisi_(arkkitehtuuri)" title="Friisi (arkkitehtuuri) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Friisi (arkkitehtuuri)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fris" title="Fris – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Fris" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%9B%D0%B0" title="Арақа – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Арақа" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz" title="Friz – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Friz" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7" title="Фриз – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Фриз" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A3%BE%E5%B8%B6_(%E5%BB%BA%E7%AF%89)" title="飾帶 (建築) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="飾帶 (建築)" 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Architectural detail of the frieze showing the alternating <a href="/wiki/Triglyph" title="Triglyph">triglyphs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metope_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Metope (architecture)">metope</a>. (<a href="/wiki/John_Wood,_the_Elder" title="John Wood, the Elder">John Wood, the Elder</a>, architect)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ornate_molding_frieze_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple,_Halebidu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Ornate_molding_frieze_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple%2C_Halebidu.jpg/220px-Ornate_molding_frieze_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple%2C_Halebidu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Ornate_molding_frieze_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple%2C_Halebidu.jpg/330px-Ornate_molding_frieze_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple%2C_Halebidu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Ornate_molding_frieze_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple%2C_Halebidu.jpg/440px-Ornate_molding_frieze_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple%2C_Halebidu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Frieze of animals, mythological episodes at the base of <a href="/wiki/Hoysaleswara_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoysaleswara temple">Hoysaleswara temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yankee-stadium-frieze.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Yankee-stadium-frieze.jpg/220px-Yankee-stadium-frieze.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Yankee-stadium-frieze.jpg/330px-Yankee-stadium-frieze.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Yankee-stadium-frieze.jpg/440px-Yankee-stadium-frieze.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1383" data-file-height="1086" /></a><figcaption>What is described as "frieze" on the roof of <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Classical_architecture" title="Classical architecture">classical architecture</a>, the <b>frieze</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> is the wide central section of an <a href="/wiki/Entablature" title="Entablature">entablature</a> and may be plain in the <a href="/wiki/Ionic_order" title="Ionic order">Ionic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Doric_order" title="Doric order">Doric order</a>, or decorated with <a href="/wiki/Bas-relief" class="mw-redirect" title="Bas-relief">bas-reliefs</a>. <a href="/wiki/Patera_(architecture)" title="Patera (architecture)">Paterae</a> are also usually used to decorate friezes. Even when neither <a href="/wiki/Column_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Column (architecture)">columns</a> nor <a href="/wiki/Pilaster" title="Pilaster">pilasters</a> are expressed, on an <a href="/wiki/Astylar" title="Astylar">astylar</a> wall it lies upon the <a href="/wiki/Architrave" title="Architrave">architrave</a> ("main beam") and is capped by the <a href="/wiki/Molding_(decorative)" title="Molding (decorative)">moldings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cornice_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornice (architecture)">cornice</a>. A frieze can be found on many Greek and Roman buildings, the <a href="/wiki/Parthenon_Frieze" title="Parthenon Frieze">Parthenon Frieze</a> being the most famous, and perhaps the most elaborate.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In interiors, the frieze of a room is the section of wall above the <a href="/wiki/Picture_rail" class="mw-redirect" title="Picture rail">picture rail</a> and under the <a href="/wiki/Crown_molding" title="Crown molding">crown moldings</a> or cornice. By extension, a frieze is a long stretch of <a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">painted</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">sculpted</a> or even <a href="/wiki/Calligraphy" title="Calligraphy">calligraphic</a> decoration in such a position, normally above eye-level. Frieze decorations may depict scenes in a sequence of discrete panels. The material of which the frieze is made of may be <a href="/wiki/Plasterwork" title="Plasterwork">plasterwork</a>, carved wood or other decorative medium.<sup id="cite_ref-Columbia_University_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbia_University-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More loosely, "frieze" is sometimes used for any continuous horizontal strip of decoration on a wall, containing figurative or ornamental motifs. In an example of an architectural frieze on the façade of a building, the octagonal <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds" title="Tower of the Winds">Tower of the Winds</a> in the Roman <a href="/wiki/Agora" title="Agora">agora</a> at <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> bears relief sculptures of the eight winds on its frieze. </p><p>A <b>pulvinated frieze</b> (or <b>pulvino</b>) is <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/convex" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:convex">convex</a> in section. Such friezes were features of 17th-century <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mannerism" title="Northern Mannerism">Northern Mannerism</a>, especially in subsidiary friezes, and much employed in interior architecture and in furniture. </p><p>The concept of a <i>frieze</i> has been generalized in the <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematical</a> construction of <a href="/wiki/Frieze_pattern" class="mw-redirect" title="Frieze pattern">frieze patterns</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Achaemenid_friezes">Achaemenid friezes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frieze&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Achaemenid friezes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Achaemenid_Lotus_and_Palmette_scroll.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Achaemenid Lotus and Palmette scroll"><img alt="Achaemenid Lotus and Palmette scroll" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Achaemenid_Lotus_and_Palmette_scroll.jpg/120px-Achaemenid_Lotus_and_Palmette_scroll.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Achaemenid_Lotus_and_Palmette_scroll.jpg/180px-Achaemenid_Lotus_and_Palmette_scroll.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Achaemenid_Lotus_and_Palmette_scroll.jpg/240px-Achaemenid_Lotus_and_Palmette_scroll.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1787" data-file-height="682" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Achaemenid Lotus and Palmette scroll</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Persian_frieze_designs_at_Persepolis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Achaemenid frieze designs at Persepolis."><img alt="Achaemenid frieze designs at Persepolis." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Persian_frieze_designs_at_Persepolis.jpg/120px-Persian_frieze_designs_at_Persepolis.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Persian_frieze_designs_at_Persepolis.jpg/180px-Persian_frieze_designs_at_Persepolis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Persian_frieze_designs_at_Persepolis.jpg/240px-Persian_frieze_designs_at_Persepolis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="746" data-file-height="555" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Achaemenid frieze designs at <a href="/wiki/Persepolis" title="Persepolis">Persepolis</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greek_friezes">Greek friezes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frieze&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Greek friezes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Erechtheum_frieze_Glyptothek_Munich_242.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ionic frieze of the Erechtheum (Athens), 421–406 BCE"><img alt="Ionic frieze of the Erechtheum (Athens), 421–406 BCE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Erechtheum_frieze_Glyptothek_Munich_242.jpg/120px-Erechtheum_frieze_Glyptothek_Munich_242.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Erechtheum_frieze_Glyptothek_Munich_242.jpg/180px-Erechtheum_frieze_Glyptothek_Munich_242.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Erechtheum_frieze_Glyptothek_Munich_242.jpg/240px-Erechtheum_frieze_Glyptothek_Munich_242.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ionic_order" title="Ionic order">Ionic</a> frieze of the <a href="/wiki/Erechtheum" class="mw-redirect" title="Erechtheum">Erechtheum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>), 421–406 BCE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_frieze_designs.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Top: Kyanos frieze from Tiryns. Bottom: Frieze of the Erechtheion in (Athens), 4th BCE"><img alt="Top: Kyanos frieze from Tiryns. Bottom: Frieze of the Erechtheion in (Athens), 4th BCE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Greek_frieze_designs.jpg/78px-Greek_frieze_designs.jpg" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Greek_frieze_designs.jpg/117px-Greek_frieze_designs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Greek_frieze_designs.jpg/157px-Greek_frieze_designs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="667" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Top: Kyanos frieze from <a href="/wiki/Tiryns" title="Tiryns">Tiryns</a>. Bottom: Frieze of the <a href="/wiki/Erechtheion" title="Erechtheion">Erechtheion</a> in (<a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>), 4th BCE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frieze_from_Delphi_lotus_with_multiple_calyx.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frieze from Delphi incorporating lotuses with multiple calyxes"><img alt="Frieze from Delphi incorporating lotuses with multiple calyxes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Frieze_from_Delphi_lotus_with_multiple_calyx.jpg/120px-Frieze_from_Delphi_lotus_with_multiple_calyx.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Frieze_from_Delphi_lotus_with_multiple_calyx.jpg/180px-Frieze_from_Delphi_lotus_with_multiple_calyx.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Frieze_from_Delphi_lotus_with_multiple_calyx.jpg/240px-Frieze_from_Delphi_lotus_with_multiple_calyx.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2424" data-file-height="1272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Frieze from <a href="/wiki/Delphi" title="Delphi">Delphi</a> incorporating lotuses with multiple <a href="/wiki/Calyx_(flower)" class="mw-redirect" title="Calyx (flower)">calyxes</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indian_friezes">Indian friezes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frieze&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Indian friezes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frieze_of_capital_of_Lat_at_Allahabad.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frieze of the lost capital of the Allahabad pillar, with two lotuses framing a "flame palmette" surrounded by small rosette flowers, 3rd BCE"><img alt="Frieze of the lost capital of the Allahabad pillar, with two lotuses framing a "flame palmette" surrounded by small rosette flowers, 3rd BCE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Frieze_of_capital_of_Lat_at_Allahabad.jpg/120px-Frieze_of_capital_of_Lat_at_Allahabad.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Frieze_of_capital_of_Lat_at_Allahabad.jpg/180px-Frieze_of_capital_of_Lat_at_Allahabad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Frieze_of_capital_of_Lat_at_Allahabad.jpg/240px-Frieze_of_capital_of_Lat_at_Allahabad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="459" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Frieze of the lost <a href="/wiki/Capital_(architecture)" title="Capital (architecture)">capital</a> of the Allahabad pillar, with two <a href="/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotuses</a> framing a <a href="/wiki/Palmette" title="Palmette">"flame palmette"</a> surrounded by small <a href="/wiki/Rosette_(design)" title="Rosette (design)">rosette</a> flowers, 3rd BCE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rampurva_bull_capital_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rampurva bull capital, detail of the abacus, with two "flame palmettes" framing a lotus surrounded by small rosette flowers, 3rd BCE"><img alt="Rampurva bull capital, detail of the abacus, with two "flame palmettes" framing a lotus surrounded by small rosette flowers, 3rd BCE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rampurva_bull_capital_detail.jpg/120px-Rampurva_bull_capital_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rampurva_bull_capital_detail.jpg/180px-Rampurva_bull_capital_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rampurva_bull_capital_detail.jpg/240px-Rampurva_bull_capital_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Rampurva" class="mw-redirect" title="Rampurva">Rampurva bull capital</a>, detail of the <a href="/wiki/Abacus_(architecture)" title="Abacus (architecture)">abacus</a>, with two <a href="/wiki/Palmette" title="Palmette">"flame palmettes"</a> framing a lotus surrounded by small rosette flowers, 3rd BCE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sankissa_elephant_abacus_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frieze of the Sankissa elephant, 3rd century BCE"><img alt="Frieze of the Sankissa elephant, 3rd century BCE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sankissa_elephant_abacus_detail.jpg/120px-Sankissa_elephant_abacus_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sankissa_elephant_abacus_detail.jpg/180px-Sankissa_elephant_abacus_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sankissa_elephant_abacus_detail.jpg/240px-Sankissa_elephant_abacus_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1976" data-file-height="766" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Frieze of the <a href="/wiki/Sankissa" title="Sankissa">Sankissa</a> elephant, 3rd century BCE</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frieze&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSenseney2021" class="citation journal cs1">Senseney, John R. 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