Editing Peristyle (section)

{{Short description|Porch surrounding an inner courtyard}}
[[File:Ricostruzione del giardino della casa dei vetii di pompei (mostra al giardino di boboli, 2007) 01.JPG|thumb|Reconstruction of a Roman peristyle surrounding a courtyard in [[Pompeii]], Italy]]
In ancient [[Ancient Greek architecture|Greek]]<ref>J. A. Dickmann. "The peristyle and the transformation of domestic space in Hellenistic Pompeii", ''Journal of Roman Archeology'' 1997.</ref> and [[Ancient Roman architecture|Roman architecture]],<ref>A. Frazer, "Modes of European Courtyard Design before the Medieval Cloister" ''Gesta'', 1973; K. E. Meyer, "Axial peristyle houses in the western empire", ''Journal of Roman Archaeology'', 1999; S. Hales, ''The Roman House and Social Identity'' 2003.</ref> a '''peristyle''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛr|ɪ|ˌ|s|t|aɪ|l}}; {{langx|grc|{{wikt-lang|grc|περίστυλον}}|{{grc-transl|περίστυλον}}|}})<ref>{{OEtymD|peristyle}}</ref><ref>{{LSJ|peri/stulos|περίστυλον|ref}}.</ref> is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard. '''''Tetrastoön''''' ({{langx|grc|τετράστῳον/{{wikt-lang|grc|τετράστοον}}|{{grc-transl|τετράστῳον/τετράστοον}}|four arcades|label=none}})<ref>{{LSJ|tetra/stoon|τετράστοον|shortref}}.</ref> is a rarely used archaic term for this feature.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Tetrastoön|volume=26|page=671|short=y}}</ref> The peristyle in a Greek temple is a '''''[[peristasis (architecture)|peristasis]]''''' ({{langx|grc|{{wikt-lang|grc|περίστασις}}|{{grc-transl|περίστασις}}|label=none}}).<ref>{{LSJ|peri/stasis|περίστασις|shortref}}.</ref> In the Christian [[Church architecture|ecclesiastical architecture]] that developed from the Roman [[basilica]], a courtyard peristyle and its garden came to be known as a [[cloister]].