Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 242
74. — Squinch of Omm-es-Zeitoun (c. 282 a.d.) (From Rivoira,by Special Permission) dient of corbeling out the masonry. One stone was made toproject a little farther than the others until the polygon wasworked into cylindiical form. This device is known as asquinch (111. 74). Obviously the smaller… … III. 7.5. — Smuotlicd Sqiiiiicli of Arch at I..atakia.(Froiii Hivt>ira, by Special Permission)
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