- A belt course, also
called a
string course or sill course, is a
continuous row or
layer of
stones or
brick set in a wall. Set in line with
window sills...
- A
course is a
layer of the same unit
running horizontally in a wall. It can also be
defined as a
continuous row of any
masonry unit such as bricks, concrete...
- moulding, or the
wallspace bounded by
adjacent arches in an
arcade and the
stringcourse or
moulding above them, or the
space between the
central medallion of...
- Constantinople's
Myrelaion Church (c. 920),
there are two
oculi above the
stringcourse on both
lateral facades.
Early examples of the
oculus in Renaissance...
- penthouses.
Balustrade stringcourses define the
division of the base from the body and the body from the top. Each
window above the
stringcourse is
capped with...
- (architecture) and wrought-iron railing.
Capping the base is a
projecting stringcourse which is
decorated with a wave
molding on the
center and end pavilions...
- The
second floor has a graffito-painted
frieze between the
stringcourse and the
stringcourse, with five
windows similar to
those on the
first floor. The...
- on
human scale. This
tripartite division is
emphasized by
horizontal stringcourses that
divide the
building into
stories of
decreasing height. The transition...
-
walls are
articulated by
chamfered joints,
rising to an
overhanging stringcourse. The
limestone walls of the
upper stories are
smooth in contrast, but...
-
brackets that
surround the cornice.
Below the bays, the
corners of the
stringcourse are
filled by
bevelled sunbursts. The
slant bays have side
porches that...
