The irregularly shaped precinct around the temple was enclosed by a balustrade about 3 ft.
Above is a graceful balustrade behind which is a lofty roof, and at the angles are towers perforated for the passage of the light.
In San Clemente at Rome the presbytery is enclosed with a marble balustrade or screen.
The columned, round-headed windows are set in deeply between the pillars which carry the massive entablature, and this again is surmounted by a balustrade with obelisks at each angle and figures marking the line of each bay.
In medieval architecture the term is applied on the European continent to that portion of a chancel, which, enclosed with a railing or balustrade in front of the altar, is devoted to the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; this in England is generally known as the presbytery.