- A belt course, also
called a
string course or sill course, is a
continuous row or
layer of
stones or
brick set in a wall. Set in line with
window sills...
- moulding, or the
wallspace bounded by
adjacent arches in an
arcade and the
stringcourse or
moulding above them, or the
space between the
central medallion of...
- A
course is a
layer of the same unit
running horizontally in a wall. It can also be
defined as a
continuous row of any
masonry unit such as bricks, concrete...
-
Saint Catherine and
McGill College (from
ground level to the
second stringcourse),
apart from its two
corner entrances,
retain their original limestone...
- Constantinople's
Myrelaion Church (c. 920),
there are two
oculi above the
stringcourse on both
lateral facades.
Early examples of the
oculus in Renaissance...
- penthouses.
Balustrade stringcourses define the
division of the base from the body and the body from the top. Each
window above the
stringcourse is
capped with...
- (architecture) and wrought-iron railing.
Capping the base is a
projecting stringcourse which is
decorated with a wave
molding on the
center and end pavilions...
- on
human scale. This
tripartite division is
emphasized by
horizontal stringcourses that
divide the
building into
stories of
decreasing height. The transition...
-
intersection of
Stirling Terrace and York Street. A
decorative frieze stringcourse is
found between the
ground and
first floors with
further horizontal...
-
rough cut
peachblow sandstone,
which continues around the
building as a
stringcourse and
water table.
Sandstone also
forms a frieze,
interrupted by the windows...
