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Types of pediment; "curved" and "broken" examples at the lower right. Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape.Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns. [1]
Structural lintel Lintel above a door in Paris. A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented/structural item.
The late Romanesque tympanum of Vézelay Abbey, Burgundy, France, 1130s. A tympanum (pl.: tympana; from Greek and Latin words meaning "drum") is the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, door or window, which is bounded by a lintel and an arch. [1]
There are terracotta panels above the third-story windows. On the fourth story, bays 1, 3, and 10 are topped by broken pediments with cartouches; bays 4, 7–9, and 11 are topped by lintels with cartouches and brackets; and bays 5 and 6 are topped by lintels with brackets only.
On a window of a house. During an expansion of the window in 1957, the owner broke and discarded the stone, and no remains have been found of the inscription. But most of it had already been photographed, and the Sali chronicler Šime Grandov had dated the house to 1575, revealing the lost ending of the year. [FO] [ξθ] 1575 Svetivinčenat (sv ...
An All Nippon Airways flight that departed from Sapporo's New Chitose Airport in Japan on Saturday returned after a crack was discovered in the cockpit window of the Boeing aircraft, the airline said.
The Parthenon's west pediment depicted the contest between Athena and Poseidon over Attica and the east pediment the birth of Athena. [15] Classical archeologists since Johann Joachim Winckelmann's Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums (published 1764) have recognized Greek pediment sculpture, in particular the pediments of the Parthenon, as the standard of the highest-quality art in antiquity. [16]
Eggs that crack during the cooking process, such as hard-boiling, "are safe," noted the USDA. These cracked eggs do not need to be thrown away. Also, "remember that all eggs should be thoroughly ...