Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 240
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 cylindrical form. This device is known as asquinch (111. 74). Obviously the smaller the… … III. 75. — SiiKjothed Squinch of Arch at Lataki(From Rivoira, by Special Permission) \
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