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Stringcourse
Stringcourse String"course` (-k[=o]rs`), n. (Arch.)
A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the
design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way
distinguished from the rest of the work.
Meaning of Stringcourse from wikipedia
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Constantinople's
Myrelaion Church (c. 920),
there are two
oculi above the
stringcourse on both
lateral facades.
Early examples of the
oculus in Renaissance...
- tops,
while those on the
second level are rectangular. A
terra cotta stringcourse separates the
first and
second levels. The
building served as the first...
-
piers that are
twice the bulk of the columns. The
piers have
enriched stringcourses with stiff-leaf
detail like the
column capitals. The
spandrels between...
-
Saint Catherine and
McGill College (from
ground level to the
second stringcourse),
apart from its two
corner entrances,
retain their original limestone...
- 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...
- details,
which is not.
Particularly unusual is the
cornice and the
stringcourses. In 1906 it was
acquired by St. Mary's
Catholic Church across the street...
