Billet
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1. A common Norman or Romanesque molding formed by a series of circular (but occasionally square) cylinders, disposed alternately with the notches in single or multiple rows ...
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Billet - A Romanesque moulding consisting of several bands of raised short cylinders or square pieces placed at regular intervals ...
billet-moulding: a moulding shaped like a long roll cut up into thick slices.
blind arcade: a row of arched recesses in a wall, but not forming a full arcade.
Billet (c/f dentil) - A decorative moulding, formed by cutting regular notches in several (alternating) bands, in Romanesque buildings.
Blind (tracery or arcading) - Applied to the surface of a wall or closed behind.
billet molding
a molding composed wholly or in part of a series of billets small cubes, cylinders or prisms placed at regular intervals, so that their axis and that of the entire series is parallel to the general direction of the molding.
Billet
ornamental moulding used in Norman architecture, consisting of raised cylindrical or rectangual blocks at regular intervals
Bivalate ...
BILLET MOULDING: an ornament characteristic of the Norman style, consisting of short cylindrical blocks placed at regular intervals in hollow mouldings. BLANK ARCADE: an arcade fronting a wall, which it is used to decorate.
The ornament along the archivolts of the windows on the old cathedral are rounded billets in varying sizes. The cornice along the bottom of the window is also five rows of alternating billet pattern.
BermLevel area separating a ditch from a bank on a hill-fort or barrow.Billet
Norman ornament of small half-cylindrical or rectangular blocks.BivallateOf a hill-fort: defended by two concentric banks and ditches.Blade ...
Billet Moulding Norman ornamental moulding with cylindrical blocks
Black Death Bubonic plague thought to be spread by rats or a virus that took many lives across Europe
Blank arcading See arcading ...
 See also: Architecture, Norma, Ornament, House, Norman
  
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