KING- POST: a major roof strut rising from a tie beam to the ridge beam. Springer ' The base s, or bottom stones, of an arch or vault at the point of transition from the vertical support to the curve of the arch or vault. WICKER MARKS and sometimes fragments of the wicker mats can be found in the dried mortar of the vault. When the mortar has dried the centering is removed. It is usually covered by wicker mats and the vault is then constructed from small stones embedded in mortar. Volute - spiral scroll at angle of a capital. Vitrified - material reduced to glass by extreme heat. (A Barrel Vault was round rather than pointed in the Gothic style.)

S: stones or bricks used in the construction of an arch. Spiral scroll ornament, usually on Greek Ionic Captials, also on furniture. When one enters a church from the west end, the left side is the north side, and the right is the south side.Ī piece of construction used for filling in the upper angles of a square room so as to form a proper base to receive an octagonal or spherical dome.Ĭelebrated 1st-century Roman architect whose treatise De Architectura ('On Architecture'), written around 27 BCE, is the oldest account of Greek/Roman architectural methods, materials and technology. The west end usually functions as the main entrance to the church. West end: The area of the church opposite the east end. : One of the wedge-shaped stones used in constructing and arch Rib vault keystone with boss, in church of Virgin Mary in CheÅ‚mno. Keystone from the palazzo Borgazzi (Milan, Italy) S - Trapezoidal shaped blocks of an arch, laid in compression, culminating in the keystone. The radiating wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch.

Also see: arch, archivolt, keystone, springer. The wedge-shaped stones that form the curved portions of an arch or a vaulted ceiling. Wrought Iron: Iron that is worked by being forged or hammered. Illustration: Buffalo Psychiatric Center Administration Building ( Richardsonian Romanesque style building). One of the wedge-shaped stones forming the curved parts of an arch or vaulted ceiling. Waterleaf A carved design for column capitals of simple sinuous foliate designs, similar to acanthus. One of the wedge-shaped masonry blocks out of which an arch or vault is composed. Home page top of page architectural definitions article.

WAINSCOT Wood paneling or boards part way up a wall from the floor. Wedge-shaped stones or bricks in an arch the centre one is the keystone. Also known as dancette or chevron molding. Zigzag - an ornamental molding in both Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Wreathed columns - those twisted in the shape of a screw as illustrated, right. When it was turned the rope would gradually be wound up around it. In the Middle Ages this consisted of a horizontal wooden barrel with a long rope fastened to it. Windlass: A machine for hoisting or hauling. S: Blocks of stone cut in wedge shapes to form an arch. Wads: canvas dipped in plaster and laid flat over the back of casts, also when joining casts together. Vrils: thin, elongated volutes, as in the tendrils of vines. A tapered or wedge-shaped block or stone that composes an arch.Ī voussoir is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, used in building an arch.

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