A voussoir (/vuˈswɑːr/) is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, which is used in building an arch or vault. Although each unit in an arch or vault...

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 knob-shaped, so joggled stones have...

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...

keystone is placed, the keystone experiences the least stress of any of the voussoirs, due to its position at the apex.[citation needed] Old keystones can decay...

is called a crown Voussoir (a wedge-like construction block). A rowlock arch is formed by multiple concentric layers of voussoirs. Extrados (an external...

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narrowed the flyers, some of which were constructed with one thickness of voussoir (wedge brick) with a capping stone atop, e.g. at Amiens Cathedral, Le Mans...

decorated with ornamentation. The elements of a portal can include the voussoir, tympanum, an ornamented mullion or trumeau between doors, and columns...

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Bridge in Philadelphia and it became the prototype for many subsequent voussoir arches made in iron and steel. In addition to receiving a British patent...

triumphal arch. At its rear is a single narrow window, vaulted with a voussoir arch. It still contains some of its original Romanesque murals. Wikimedia...

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...

semicircular barrell vault passageway over 30 feet high. Two rows of voussoirs form the shape of the arch and are held in place by a keystone at the...

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tendrilled concrete, using the ceracem process. Consisting of 53 elements (voussoirs), the canopy is 100 metres (330 ft) long and 28 metres (92 ft) wide. It...

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fireplaces, a smaller one in the library with a stone voussoir and a larger one in clubroom with a brick voussoir containing a decorative keystone. The rooms have...

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triangular corbel arch. The 4th century BC Rhodes Footbridge rests on an early voussoir arch. Although true arches were already known by the Etruscans and ancient...

able to bear load in addition to the load carried by the ring of voussoirs. If the voussoir stones are thin they cannot take much weight so instead it is...

Jain monk. Sthulabhadra's brother Shriyaka accepted the post. Pataliputra Voussoir Arch A granite stone fragment of an arch discovered by K. P. Jayaswal from...

ribbon bridge Suspension bridge Truss arch bridge Vault (architecture) Voussoir Article about parabolic arch by The Free Dictionary: Parabolic arch | Article...

the modest structure represents the oldest known Greek bridge with a voussoir arch. The Rhodes Footbridge was unearthed in 1966−67 close to the eastern...

Güell Oxford University Press 1996, funicular. Woodman & Heyman 2003, The voussoir arch. Tomlow 2011, p. 219. Escudier & Atkins 2019, funicular polygon. Markou...

courts is built in an eclectic style with baroque detailing, swinging voussoirs, paired ionic columns, domed corner turrets and a 56-metre tower rising...

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