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There is a large modern literature on spolia, and the following list makes no claim to be comprehensive. J. Alchermes, "Spolia in Roman Cities of the Late Empire: Legislative Rationales and Architectural Reuse," Dumbarton Oaks Papers 48 (1994), 167–78. S. Bassett, The urban image of late antique Constantinople (Cambridge, 2004).
In The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, an outstanding specimen of a favourite northern form, analogous to the continental estrif, or tenzone, he and his rival reach a height of scurrility which is certainly without parallel in English literature
Archaisms are most frequently encountered in history, poetry, fantasy literature, law, philosophy, science, technology, geography and ritual writing and speech. Archaisms are kept alive by these ritual and literary uses and by the study of older literature. Should they remain recognised, they can potentially be revived.
A splayed arch (also sluing arch [2]) is an arch where the springings are not parallel ("splayed"), causing an opening on the exterior side of an arch to be different (usually wider) than the interior one. The intrados of a splayed arch is not generally cylindrical as it is for typical arch, but has a conical shape. [3] [4]
Mixtilinear arch at the Cathedral Basilica of Zacatecas, Mexico. The mixtilinear arch (also mixed-line arch [1]) is a decorative (non-structural) arch with intrados consisting of rounded and straight segments connected at angles, its outline sometimes resembles a shaped gable.
Therefore, a dome as a whole was stable if each constituent arch was stable and analysis of a dome could be performed the same way as analysis of an arch. [15] He published his Mémoire in 1736, "the first treatise on the theory of the dome", with possible stable forms for domes when ignoring friction. A. F.
Old English literature has had some influence on modern literature, and notable poets have translated and incorporated Old English poetry. [92] Well-known early translations include Alfred, Lord Tennyson 's translation of The Battle of Brunanburh , William Morris 's translation of Beowulf , and Ezra Pound 's translation of The Seafarer .
The development of the schwibbogen arch is closely related to the mining traditions of the Ore Mountains. It most likely developed as a candle holder made from metal for the Christmas shift ( Mettenschicht ), a common dinner celebrated by miners, the mining foreman ( Steiger ) and the smith who had been responsible for the mining tools ...