- for
using voussoirs above rectangular openings,
rather than a
lintel (Palazzo
Stati Maccarani, Rome,
circa 1522). Each wedge-shaped
voussoir turns aside...
-
voussoirs (arch stones) in arches, or
embellished with a boss. A "dropped keystone" is one
where the
keystone projects lower than the
other voussoirs...
-
support is
needed while rings of
voussoirs are
constructed and the
rings placed in position.
Until the
topmost voussoir, the keystone, is positioned, the...
- that
interlocks blocks (such as a lintel's
stone blocks or an arch's
voussoirs).
Often joggles are
semicircular and ****-shaped, so
joggled stones have...
- is
called a
crown Voussoir (a wedge-like
construction block). A
compound arch is
formed by
multiple concentric layers of
voussoirs. The
rowlock arch is...
- King
Jaume I, who
ruled over a
period of
prosperity in Barcelona. The
voussoirs of the arch are made of
stone sculpted like a
large laurel wreath that...
- or
embedded in a wall,
serving as the base for the
springer or
lowest voussoir of an arch. The
imposts are left
smooth or profiled, and "then express...
- house. The
roofs are
constructed in two skins: an
inner skin of
limestone voussoirs,
capped by a
closing stone, and an
outer skin of
limestone slabs that...
- with the
classical orders. The
decorative inclusion of
large rusticated voussoirs and
keystone instead of a
lintel over the flat top of the
lower rectangular...
-
sculpture in
south voussoirs South front and towers, with the
cathedral bells South rose
window Surviving sculpture of the
south voussoirs Surviving sculpture...
