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English: Arches of various forms as follows:— 3. Segmental arch, where the centre is below the springing. 5. Stilted arches, where the centre is below the springing, but the sides are carried down vertically. 7. Drop arches, with centres within the arch. 9. Three centre arches, employed in French Flamboyant. 11. Ogee arches, with curves of counter flexure, found in English Decorated and French Flamboyant. 13. Pointed foiled arches, in the arcades of Beverley Minster (c. 1230) and Netley Abbey. 15. Multifoil cusped arch, invented by the Moors at Cordova in the 10th century. 17. Upright elliptical arch, sometimes called the egg-shaped arch, employed in Egyptian and Sassanian architecture. Illustration from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, article Arch. |
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 Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 2, Page 343 |
| Author | Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911 |
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