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Preferred term

Squinches  

Definition(s)

  • Arches or corbeled transitional elements that span the interior corners of a square or polygonal structure serving to support a circular or polygonal structure; segments of vaults used externally as the supports of projecting features [AAT]

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • Arches, squinch
  • Cantilevered trumpet squinches
  • Corbels, squinches
  • Sconces, squinches
  • Squinch arches
  • Trompes
  • Trumpet arches
  • Vaults, squinches

Notation

  • 113150

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-B5K0SJQ9-3

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