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An '''ædicule''' ("little building") is a common framing device in both ] and ]. An '''ædicular frame''' treats a ] or a ] in a section of wall as if it were a building, sometimes with ]s or ] flanking the opening, which support an ] or a ] or an ]ed ]. In Christian architecture, a three-dimensional tectonic form of ], surmounting an altar might be termed a "'']''", one of several uses of that term. Painted ædicules frame figures from sacred history in initial letters of ]s. Ædicular frames, carved and gilded are favourite schemes for English ] mirror frames of the late 1720s through the 1740s, by such designers as ].

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