-
outer boundary of a
voussoir forms an extrados,
internal - an intrados. In
Visigothic and
Moorish architectural traditions, the
voussoirs are
often in alternating...
-
voussoirs (arch stones) in arches, or
embellished with a boss. A "dropped keystone" is one
where the
keystone projects lower than the
other voussoirs...
-
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 ****-shaped, so
joggled stones have...
- is
called a
crown Voussoir (a wedge-like
construction block). A
rowlock arch is
formed by
multiple concentric layers of
voussoirs.
Extrados (an external...
- 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...
- Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct, the
plates are not
rectangular but
shaped as
voussoirs,
similar to
those of a
stone arch.
There is no
structural significance...
- orders. Here the
obvious strength of a
blind arched arcade with
emphatic voussoirs on the
rusticated ground storey (in fact
using stucco) gave re****uring...
- 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...
- are
built of
horizontally laid
stones or bricks, not of wedge-shaped
voussoirs converging towards, and
being held
together by a
central keystone. Unlike...
