. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. IlX. 74. — Squinch of Omm-es-Zeitoun (c. 282 ) (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 cylindiical form. This device is known as asquinch (111. 74). Obviously the smaller the scale and thelarger the number of sides of the polygon, the more success-fully the expedient may be applied. But it was at best amakeshift, and its greatest interest as a constructive form lies 1
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. IlX. 74. — Squinch of Omm-es-Zeitoun (c. 282 ) (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 cylindiical form. This device is known as asquinch (111. 74). Obviously the smaller the scale and thelarger the number of sides of the polygon, the more success-fully the expedient may be applied. But it was at best amakeshift, and its greatest interest as a constructive form lies 106. III. — Smuotlicd Sqiiiiicli of Arch at (Froiii Hivt>ira, by Special Permission)
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