Blind arcade
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A decorative row of arches applied to a wall as a decorative element
Found especially in Romanesque style buildings ...
Blind Arcade.
(Arcading) Applies to the surface of a wall decorated by columns and arches, usually in relief. and in mediaeval churches.
Architectural styles and their approximate dates.
blind arcade: a row of arched recesses in a wall, but not forming a full arcade.
boiserie: French word for panelling, especially carved, of the 17th and 18th centuries.
boss: carved feature marking the meeting of ribs in a vault.
BLIND ARCADE A row of decorative arches that is attached to a wall surface and has no real openings.
Blind Arcade
An arcade that has no actual openings and that is applied to the surface of a wall to enliven it or to articulate the design: i.e. the arches are not windows but are are part of the masonry face. It has no load-bearing function.
blind arcade: A row of decorative arches applied to a wall.
buttress : A projecting support built into or against the external wall of a building, typically used in Gothic buildings.
blind arcade
A row of decorative arches applied to a wall. See also arcade, blind arch
blind arch ...
blind arcade: A row of decorative arches which looks like an arcade but is attached to a wall surface and has no real openings.
See also arcade, blind arch.
Blind arcade
line of arches on the face of a solid wall for decoration
Blockhouse ...
The "blind arcade" beneath this window at Canterbury Cathedral has overlapping arches forming points, a common decorative feature of Romanesque architecture in England.
[edit] Architectural sculpture ...
The mihrabs at Kua include apses decorated with blind arcades and an early example of a recessed stepped minbar in the Friday mosque. The houses at Kua are unique on the East African coast and consist of two identical halves with a single entrance.
Externally, blind arcades are more often found in Italy and Sicily, but there are examples in England at Canterbury, Ely, Peterborough, Norwich, St John's (Chester), Colchester and elsewhere.
Arcade - row of arches, free-standing and supported on piers or columns; a blind arcade is a "dummy".
Wall arcadeIn medieval churches, a blind arcade forming a dado below windows.Wallhead(Scots): Straight top of a wall. Wallhead chimney: chimney rising from a wallhead. Wallhead gable: gable rising from a wallhead.
ARCADE A number of arches supported on columns or piers. A flat or blind arcade is applied to a wall to articulate the surface.
ARCH A device, usually in stone or brick, that spans an opening in a curved or pointed formation.
Arcading: rows of arches supported on columns, free-standing or attached to a wall (blind arcade)
Arrow Loop: A narrow vertical slit cut into a wall through which arrows could be fired from inside
Ashlar: blocks of smooth, squared stone of any kind ...
Passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. Blind arcade or arcading: the same applied to the wall surf...
Arch
A curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight....
Arcade
- a row of arches carried on piers, columns or pilasters, either free-standing, or decoratively attached to a wall ie blind. Also refers to a covered passage with shops on one or both sides.
(Illustration)
(Illustration) of a blind arcade.
 See also: Arcade, Arches, Vault, Church, Medieval
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