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LINTEL ARCH [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Industry
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

A refractoty block fitting in the gable wall over the dog-house.

OBS

mantle block; lintel block; lintel arch : terms and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization(ISO) in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du verre
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Bloc réfractaire compris dans le pignon arrière, au-dessus de la niche d'enfournement.

OBS

linteau de niche d'enfournement : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1992.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

The space enclosed between the lintel and the arch of a doorway in Norman and Gothic buildings, often filled with sculpture.

CONT

Capitals were mostly based on variations of the plain cushion form; other details, such as corbels, are much more interesting at some of the village churches, where the old Anglo-Saxon traditions continue. This even applies to the relief carvings in the tympana, the spaces between the lintels and the arches of the doorways. -Taylor, Alec, The Cathedrals of England, London, 1967, p. 57).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Remplissage compris dans un fronton entre sa base et ses remparts, et dans un portail entre son linteau et son archivolte.

Spanish

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