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SQUINCH

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 747 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SQUINCH , possibly a corruption of See also:

sconce (See also:French equivalents are See also:pendentive, trompe), the See also:term in See also:architecture applied to a corbelling out by means of arched rings in See also:stone thrown across the angles of a square See also:tower, to carry an octagonal See also:spire or a See also:dome. The earliest examples are found in the palaces of Serbittan and See also:Firuzabad constructed by the See also:Sassanian See also:dynasty (A.D. 350-450), and in the See also:mosque at See also:Damascus, where it takes the See also:form of a See also:niche. In See also:early French Romanesque See also:work a small niche with additional rings above is employed; a greater importance is sometimes given by small shafts at the sides, of which there are examples in the Coptic churches of See also:Egypt, and in See also:France in the See also:cathedral at Le See also:Puy and the See also:church of St See also:Martin at See also:Dijon.

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