Lesene - A pilaster without a base and capital often called a pilaster-strip and usually found on the exterior of later Anglo-saxon and early Romanesque Church.
Lesene. * Pilaster-strip. Lintel. Outer edge of an arch which may be purely decorative or structural in function.
lesene: A pilaster without base or capital, also called a pilaster strip. pilaster or pilaster strip: A flat, projecting element of vertical masonry, as opposed to a circular shaft or half-column, attached to a wall or pier. (4A, 6A).
Lesene - a pilaster without a base or a capital[3] Lintel (architecture) - a horizontal block that spans the space between two supports ...
A pilaster strip is a pilaster without base or capital (also called a lesene).PilastradeA series of pilasters or flat representation of classical columns, equivalent to a colonnade.PileRow of rooms.
LESENE: an unstructural vertical member in a wall, characteristic of the Saxon style. LIERNE: in a vault, a tertiary rib that links a principal rib to a tierceron. LIERNE VAULT: a vault exhibiting liernes.
See also: Capital, Pilaster, Vault, Ornament, Architecture
 
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