Was (wer) ist Gutta - definition
![So-called "Temple of Poseidon"]], [[Paestum]], Italy.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metope - Temple of Poseidon - Paestum - Italy 2015 (2).JPG?width=200 "So-called \"Temple of Poseidon\"]], [[Paestum]], Italy.")
![[[Theater of Marcellus]]: cone-shaped '''guttae''' pictured below the [[triglyph]] in the [[Doric order]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RomanDoricOrderEngraving.jpg?width=200 "[[Theater of Marcellus]]: cone-shaped '''guttae''' pictured below the [[triglyph]] in the [[Doric order]].")
![[[Villa Lante al Gianicolo]], guttae but no triglphs. [[Giulio Romano]], 1520–21.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Villa Lante al Gianicolo.jpg?width=200 "[[Villa Lante al Gianicolo]], guttae but no triglphs. [[Giulio Romano]], 1520–21.")
![[[Černín Palace]] in [[Prague]] (1660s) has triglyphs and guttae as ornaments at the top of arches.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Praha, Hradčany, Černínský palác, fasáda 01.jpg?width=200 "[[Černín Palace]] in [[Prague]] (1660s) has triglyphs and guttae as ornaments at the top of arches.")
![[[Dentils]], [[triglyphs]], and guttae, [[Museu de Belles Arts de València]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Detall de la portada de Sant Pius V, València.JPG?width=200 "[[Dentils]], [[triglyphs]], and guttae, [[Museu de Belles Arts de València]].")
![Rick Olson]] with President Barack Obama, in the [[Oval office]], with guttae on the Ionic fireplace.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambassador Rick Olson with President Barack Obama.jpg?width=200 "Rick Olson]] with President Barack Obama, in the [[Oval office]], with guttae on the Ionic fireplace.")
Wikipedia
A gutta (Latin pl. guttae, "drops") is a small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used near the top of the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture. At the top of the architrave blocks, a row of six guttae below the narrow projection of the taenia (fillet) formed an element called a regula. A regula was aligned under each triglyph of the Doric frieze. In addition, the underside of the projecting geison above the frieze had rectangular protrusions termed mutules that each had three rows of six guttae. These mutules were aligned above each triglyph and each metope.
It is thought that the guttae were a skeuomorphic representation of the pegs used in the construction of the wooden structures that preceded the familiar Greek architecture in stone. However, they have some functionality, as water drips over the edges, away from the edge of the building.
