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Architectural elements > Impost blocks

Preferred term

Impost blocks

Definition(s)

Stones, usually with the shape of a truncated inverted pyramid, placed between capitals and the arches that spring from them [AAT]

Broader concept(s)

Architectural elements

Synonym(s)

Blocks, impost
Dosserets, impost blocks
Imposts
Superabaci
Supercapitals

Notation

120586

In other languages

Imposte

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-QTHRZKCG-H

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