Labrum (architecture)
{{Short description|In architecture was a large water-filled vessel or basin with an overhanging lip}}
{{Other uses|Labrum (disambiguation)}}
The labrum in architecture was a large water-filled vessel or basin with an overhanging lip. Marble or granite labrums were a common feature of Roman thermae.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Labrum|volume=16|page=30}}
Examples
File:3797 - Milano - Duomo - Fonte battesimale in vasca romana - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 9-July.-2007.jpg|Labrum in Milan
File:RA GdT Wanne Frontseite Juni 2010-22.JPG|Labrum in Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna
File:Rom, San Giovanni in Lateran, Innenraum des Baptisteriums 2.jpg|Lateran Baptistery Rome
File:Interior - Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola - Rome, Italy - DSC00465.jpg|San Bartolomeo all'Isola, Rome
File:Museo Pio-Clementino bath 2.jpg|Pio-Clementino Museum Vatican
File:Badewanne (Caracalla-Thermen).jpg|Labrum from Baths of Caracalla Vatican museum
See also
References
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Category:Ancient Roman architectural elements
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