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	Arch - LoveToKnow 1911
		The arch has been used from time immemorial by every nation, but owing to the tendency of the upper portion to sink, especially when bearing any superincumbent weight, it requires strong lateral support, and it is for this reason that in the earliest examples in unburnt brick at Nippur in Chaldaea, c.
		The ogee arch was the natural result of the development of tracery in the commencement of the 14th century, and in Gloucester (about 1310) the foliations were run one into the other without the enclosing circles.
		The relieving arch as used in Egypt, in the pyramid of Cheops; and in Saxon architecture, where it was built with Roman bricks or tiles, or con- sisted of two sloping slabs of stone.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Arch (1192 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		The span of an arch is, in circular arches, the length of its chord, and generally, the width between the points of its opposite imposts whence it springs.
		The rise of an arch is the height of the highest point of its intrados above the line of the impost; this point is sometimes called the underside of the crown, the highest point of the extrados being the crown.
		The ogee arch, like the pointed arch, may vary greatly in form, according to the character of the arch whose curve is reversed to give the upper part of the ogee, and according to the length assigned to the upper curve.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen01.html?term=arch (1580 words)

	ArtLex on Arch
		Arch of Titus, in the Forum of Rome, built in 81 CE to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem.
		A diaphragm arch is a transverse, wall-bearing arch that divides a vault or a ceiling into compartments, providing a kind of fire-break.
		Arches may take different shapes, as in the pointed Gothic arch, the rounded Roman or Romanesque arch, or the stilted Islamic arch, but all require support from other arches or buttresses.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/a/arch.html (767 words)

	Winchester: The hospital of St Cross \| British History Online
		Adjoining the arch to the south chapel is a two-centred drop-arch with a key moulding, apparently forming the rear-arch of the doorway in the angle of the chapel and transept walls, described later.
		The jamb of the chapel arch is shafted, with a capital of Romanesque foliation.
		On the chapel side of the parclose in the west arch of the quire arcade are two layers of painting, the earlier consisting of two rows of trefoil-headed compartments containing figures, and probably dating from the 13th century, and the later of masonry pattern on a thin coat of plaster.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=42051 (7782 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Arch
		arches, the length of its chord, and generally, the width between the points of its opposite imposts whence it springs.
		arch is the height of the highest point of its intrados above the line of the impost; this point is sometimes called the underside of the crown, the highest point of the extrados being the crown.
		arch whose curve is reversed to give the upper part of the ogee, and according to the length assigned to the upper curve.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01688a.htm (1221 words)

	ARCH - Online Information article about ARCH
		Hindus objected to the arch, which they say never sleeps, meaning that it is always exerting a thrust which tends to its destruction.
		Venice, flowing tracery is found, from which the ogee arch there was probably derived, as throughout Venice it becomes the favourite feature in domestic architecture of that and the succeeding century.
		The arches are of various forms as follows: 2 4 8 IO I2 14 16 2.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /APO_ARN/ARCH.html (2112 words)

	CRSBI: St Mary, Santon Downham, Suffolk
		The arch is chamfered with a row of large dogtooth on the chamfer - seven units, equally spaced.
		Above each capital the arch is stilted with a vertical arrises rising from the angles of the capitals to meet the outer arris of the chamfered segmental arch that covers both jamb orders.
		The trefoil capitals and arch profile suggest a date in the 1120s or '30s, and this is borne out by the bulbous forms of the base rolls.
	www.crsbi.ac.uk /ed/sf/santo/index.htm (1599 words)

	STILTED - Online Information article about STILTED
		arch, which is said to be stilted when its centre is raised above the See also:
		work the stilted arch was often employed in the semi-circular apses, where in consequence of the closer juxtaposition of the columns See also:
		apex of all the arches should be of the same height, the apse arches were stilted.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /STE_SUS/STILTED.html (301 words)

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		A structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated wedges, arranged on a curved line so as to retain their position by mutual pressure.
		The third is the obtuse, or drop, arch.
		They occur in the aisled basilica of Diana, near the Euphrates, which has the inscription A. In Eastern work the horseshoe arch is frequently not round-headed, but acutely pointed.
	www.catholicliturgy.com /index.cfm/FuseAction/EncyclopediaArticle/Index/15/SubIndex/149/EncyclopediaIndex/27 (1699 words)

	Material Culture of Religion: Architectural terms, physical objects found in sanctuaries and other sacred sites
		An arch or half-arch transmitting the thrust of a vault or roof from the upper part of a wall to an outer support or buttress; characteristic of Gothic churches and cathedrals.
		The architectural style that developed between the end of the Roman Empire and around 1000 CE is characterized by round arches, simple vaults, and, sometimes, Corinthian capitals; churches were often build to the Romans' basilica design with the addition of facades with rows of arches and frontages with twin towers.
		The triangular space between the side of an arch, the horizontal drawn from the level of its apex, and the vertical of its springing; also used to describe the surface between two arches in an arcade, and the surface of a vault between adjacent ribs.
	home.att.net /~spmckee/glossary_first.html (15182 words)

	Chichester cathedral: The eastern arm \| British History Online
		The middle bay—the tallest of the three—has a slightly pointed and stilted arch which is carried on free shafts of Purbeck marble that have capitals with semi-octagonal faces and moulded abaci, both of which are continued back to the outer wall as lintels across the passage: both capitals and lintels are carved with foliage.
		The mouldings of the arches in these two bays of the eastern arm are finely contoured and have a general resemblance throughout.
		The spandrels of the arch are carved and gilded and have shields with the pelican and lion.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=41668 (10401 words)

	Religion Glossary Section 1
		An arch produced by two curves, each with a radius equal to the span and meeting in a point at the top.
		An arch that is a segment of a circle drawn from a center below the springing line.
		An arch or system of concentrically wider and gradually projecting arches, placed diagonally at the internal angles of towers to fit a polygonal or round superstructure onto a square plan.
	www.religionatlas.org /TeacherResources/Glossary/GlossaryS4.asp (4015 words)

	Chapter Nine. The Atabakîyah Architect
		At the west end of the prayer hall is a simple arched niche, now used for bookshelves, and at the east end is a small door, with the same stilted profile shared by the other small doors; this now leads to the later addition to the prayer hall.
		The Atabakîyah portal is distinctive in its arched doorway under a muqarnas vault, the bell-shaped voussoirs, the molding around these voussoirs, the muqarnas vault with pendentives instead of recessed domelets, and the muqarnas cornice with triple semidomes.
		Here the relieving arches are connected by a squarish panel carved with a geometrical key pattern, flush with the surface, with a recessed background in which a pious inscription is carved.
	www.sonic.net /~tallen/palmtree/ayyarch/ch9.htm (17963 words)

	Venice - St. Mark's - The Exterior.
		1st Arch (R.) on the under-side of the arch itself, the body of St. Mark removed from his church in Alexandria ; (L.) it is placed in a basket and covered with leaves ; (centre lunette) the authorities examine it, but being told that it is pork, withdraw in aversion : all of 166o.
		The four other gables, above the centres of the arches, have statues of four great warrior saints of Christendom, emblematic of the position of Venice as champion of the faith against the Infidel in the east—a point of great importance at the period when these Gothic additions were made to the primitive building.
		In the minor central arch is a famous and specially revered mosaic of the Madonna, before which two lamps are nightly lit.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/venice-4.shtml (2696 words)

	Castle Terms
		The arch on the inside of a wall spanning a doorway or window opening.
		Triangular area above the haunch of an arch; space between the shoulder of an arch and the surrounding mouldings.
		An arch formed by piers supporting a tie–beam at the service end of a timber–framed hall.
	www.richard111.com /castle_terms.htm (3174 words)

	Arch
		The upper part of the pier or abutment where the arch rests - technically, where it springs from - is the impost.
		Plainly, these walls would topple in if a semicircular roof had been attempted, but they could be got to stand if the roof was built in the form of a pointed arch - at any rate, if the arch was very acutely pointed.
		It was of the greatest use in vaulting.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/arch.html (1573 words)

	Alfiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		t the house entrance, a horse shoe arch, combined with a pointed arch generates a more complex form which is also characteristic of this architecture.
		esides, the door is framed by a three foil arch.
		ther interesting element is, though not traditional, the arch ornamentation with columns.
	www.tam.itesm.mx /art/islam/arch.htm (84 words)

	Castle Vocabulary - Castle Quest
		If it's flat against the wall, with no gap between the wall and the buttress it is a pilaster buttress, if there is a gap (as there often is with some gothic churches) it is a flying buttress.
		posted 03-11-2000 04:25 AM Lancet arches or windows are tall and narrow, headed by a sharp or very acute angle, that is shaped like a lancet or narrow bladed knife.
		Depressed arch, where the head of the arch is flattened or eliptical rather than rounded or pointed.
	www.castlesontheweb.com /quest/Forum9/HTML/000081.html (790 words)

	Architecture- Clipart ETC
		Multifoil Arch "Multifoil cusped arch, invented by the Moors at Cordova in the 10th century." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910
		Stilted Arch "Stilted arches, where the center is below the springing, but the sides are carried down vertically." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910
		It is 186 feet square with the corners cut off, and consists of two tiers of arches, with a single-arched porch in the middle of each side, the whole surmounted by a dome 58 feet in diameter and about 210 feet in height, flanked by four octagonal kiosks.
	etc.usf.edu /clipart/galleries/Arts/architecture_4.htm (1729 words)

	American Kennel Club - Shetland Sheepdog dog dogs puppy puppies
		Neck should be muscular, arched, and of sufficient length to carry the head proudly.
		There should be a slight arch at the loins, and the croup should slope gradually to the rear.
		The drive should be from the rear, true and straight, dependent upon correct angulation, musculation, and ligamentation of the entire hindquarter, thus allowing the dog to reach well under his body with his hind foot and propel himself forward.
	www.akc.org /breeds/shetland_sheepdog/index.cfm (1245 words)

	Bahri Mamluk Period
		The arcade was supported by both columns and brick piers and had stilted and pointed arches.
		Keel-shaped arches were used as decorative niches on the façade of the entrance, a tradition that would be continued.
		The madrasa and tomb of the Sultan Qala‘un complex, built between 1284 and 1285, is an interesting solution to the limited and irregular space allotted in an urban setting.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /arch499/nonwest/cairo/bahri_mamluk_period.htm (914 words)

	STILTED - Definition
		[adj] artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
		Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.
		{Stilted arch} (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/stilted (79 words)

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		The stilted segmented arch, or straight-sided arch, in which the arch proper springs from a point some way above the capital or other impost feature, with which it is linked by a vertical continuation of the architrave molding
		The rectangular arch, which is produced by bending an architrave molding around the upper third of a rectangular aperture
		When there is a full order, with columns supporting an entablature, the latter is often stilted in a manner analogous to the first, by means of brackets of a thickening of the architrave over each column.
	home.austin.rr.com /drunkendryad/victorian/italianate.html (279 words)

	Chapter Six. Damascus in the Early Thirteenth Century
		The border of the arched opening is decorated not with acanthus but with palmettes, and the actual screen is a full arabesque of palmettes, very flat, with impressed and incised decoration of triangles and three-armed swastikas.
		He concludes that the western tomb was indeed the first-built, and that the street corner was moved east when the corner tomb was built—presumably with an open arch because it abutting an existing structure, although the arch could have been left open because an enclosure wall, later replaced by the western tomb, existed.
		The finish of the stones of the frontal arch is very like that of the qiblah wall of the Madrasah al-`Adilîyah, and is a distinct change from the finish of Qâhir b.
	www.sonic.net /~tallen/palmtree/ayyarch/ch6.htm (12159 words)

	AllRefer.com - arch (architecture) Information
		Other forms of arch include the pointed arch, the corbelled arch of the Maya Indians, the medieval lancet and ogee arches, and the Islamic horseshoe arch.
		Terms and parts The principal terms connected with any form of arch are the span, rise, and springing line; and the various parts: abutment, archivolt (moulding around the face or underside of an arch), crown, extrados, impost, intrados, keystone, spandrel, springer, and voussoir.
		Types The principal types of arch, according to their shape, are semicircular or ‘round’, segmental, stilted, round horseshoe, equilateral (pointed, with the radii equal to the span), lancet (pointed, with radii larger than the span), four-centred (pointed, with four arcs), pointed horseshoe, three-centred, cusped, and elliptical.
	www.allrefer.com /arch-architecture (414 words)

	Stilted - LoveToKnow 1911
		STILTED, a term in architecture, given to anything raised above its usual level; it is usually applied to the arch, which is said to be stilted when its centre is raised above the capital or impost.
		In Byzantine architecture this was frequently done in order to give more importance to the twin arches of the windows, and less to the shaft which divided them.
		This page was last modified 11:07, 26 Apr 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /stilted (73 words)

	GameSpy.com - Preview
		The strider made its way to the arch, realized it was too tall to get through, crouched and did a limbo to scoot under the archway, straightening back up on the other side.
		None of this appeared to be scripted: We're told this is all real AI and physics, and the movements are completely believable as the creature scoots under the arch.
		For his trouble, we hit the Strider a few times with our shotgun, and you could practically see the life drain out of the creature, as it collapsed to earth in a convincing manner.
	archive.gamespy.com /previews/may03/halflife2pc/index3.shtml (915 words)

	Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Longer - Historic Churches - Brecknockshire Churches Survey - Crickhowell
		South wall: contains one Geometrical window with two-centred arch over simple two-centred lights with quatrefoil above; hoodmoulding in buff sandstone; a few red sandstone jambstones may be original, the rest replaced.
		East wall: splayed east window with arch though not jambs internally moulded; plaques with Lord's Prayer and Exodus XX; brass and safe to north of altar; fine memorial wall tablet bearing Rumsey arms to south.
		East wall: off-centre arch (as result of narrower transept); its dressings look recent and it is said to have been inserted in 1883.
	www.cpat.demon.co.uk /projects/longer/churches/brecon/16753.htm (2521 words)

	Wells River Graded School
		Each window opening is framed by a stilted flat arch with round corners supported by pilasters in a stylized Tuscan Order.
		The impost blocks are smooth-faced and extend up and out on an angle to double as voussoirs while the bottoms step down and in on an angle along the side of the window opening.
		The roof is mounted on stilted flat arches with round corners supported by four square columns with capitals in a stylized Corinthian Order.
	www.crjc.org /heritage/V16-2.htm (1758 words)

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