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Definition of Spandrils
1. spandril [n] - See also: spandril
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spandrils
Literary usage of Spandrils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1843)
"In general, however, the spandrils do not extend beyond the purlin. We may take
as an example the roof of the nave of All-Saints' church, Stamford. ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"It has the frequent central device of the sacred monogram within a circular cable,
and foliated spandrils somewhat coarsely engraved; but it differs from ..."
3. An essay on the origin and development of window tracery in England by Edward Augustus Freeman (1851)
"I will only allude to two classes; one, a Transitional form, in which the ogee
lights are divided by Perpendicular lines, the spandrils being ..."
4. Account of a Tour in Normandy by Dawson Turner (1820)
"The circular ornaments inserted in the spandrils of the arches of the choir,
possess, as a friend of mine observes, somewhat of the Moorish, or, perhaps, ..."
5. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1861)
"The roof is quite flat, like that of the nave, boarded, with principals and ribs
deeply moulded ; the principals having their spandrils richly cut into ..."
6. London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"... and over that in the point of the whole, a trefoil. The pediment of each
compartment is richly fronted with leaves. The spandrils of ..."
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