Taenia (architecture)
A taenia is a small "fillet" molding near the top of the architrave in a Doric column.
In classical architecture, the entire structure above the columns is called the entablature. It is commonly divided into the architrave, directly above the columns; the frieze, a strip with no horizontal molding, which is ornamented in all but the Tuscan order; and the cornice, the projecting and protective member at the top.
The architrave, the lowest band, is split from bottom to top into the broad fascia, the guttae or "drips".
