. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. III. — Smuotlicd Sqiiiiicli of Arch at (Froiii Hivt>ira, by Special Permission). 111. 76. — Construction of Archeil S(|uin(li at S. VitaleRavenna. (From Rivoira, ()V Special IVrmission) SQUINCHES AND PENDENTIVES in tlie fact that it furnished the Arabs the inspiration for theirstalactite ornament. Probably the first advance in the construction of squincheswas to smooth off the edges of the stone blocks forming thecorbels so that the whole received the appearance of a triangularwe
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. III. — Smuotlicd Sqiiiiicli of Arch at (Froiii Hivt>ira, by Special Permission). 111. 76. — Construction of Archeil S(|uin(li at S. VitaleRavenna. (From Rivoira, ()V Special IVrmission) SQUINCHES AND PENDENTIVES in tlie fact that it furnished the Arabs the inspiration for theirstalactite ornament. Probably the first advance in the construction of squincheswas to smooth off the edges of the stone blocks forming thecorbels so that the whole received the appearance of a triangularwedge (111. 75). The principle of construction remained un-altered. The next step would be to double the number of thesides of the octagon by arches engaged in each corner; fromthe sixteen-sided figure thus obtained, the transition to the domecould be effected by means of squinches (111. 76). As the build-ers came to have more and more experience with the constructionof squinches, they came to build them more and more in theshape of spherical triangles, and to give them gradually thecharacter of vaults instead of corbels, until at last true pen-den tives were evolved. On a polygonal prism
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