Perpendicular
Of or relating to a style of English Gothic architecture of the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by emphasis of the vertical element.
Perpendicular (International Gothic, the Rectilinear style, or Late Gothic.
C, 1380-1520 ...
Perpendicular style
A distinctive English style within Gothic Architecture, contemporary to the French Flamboyant during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, yet having little else in common.
Perpendicular
A style of Gothic architecture popular in England from the mid 14th to the mid 16th century. Characterised by tracery with patterns of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.
Perpendicular
An English Gothic architectural style, dating from c. 1335 to c.1530. Chiefly applied to churches and characterised by fine window tracery, flattened arches and sweeping verticals that lead the eye upwards.
Pilaster ...
Perpendicular Style
Spurning the flamboyant style altogether, the English builders devised their own late Gothic architecture, the Perpendicular style.
Perpendicular fortification: A fortification introduced by Montalembert in 1776 A.D.
the perpendicular parts of this side ladder, as is usually the case with swinging ones, were of cloth-covered rope, only the rounds were of wood, so that at every step there was a joint.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context ...
Perpend
- (perpendicular end) vertical cross joint in stone or brickwork. Perpends also refer to the ends of walls first built up by bricklayers to provide a level for the courses in between.
See brick/brickwork and racking back.
I. A Typical Perpendicular Canopy (from Lewis F. Day, Windows, by permission of B. T. Batsford).
II. A Window From Auch. Illustrating the transition from Perpendicular to Renaissance.
The style, known as Perpendicular, that evolved from this treatment is specific to England, although very similar to contemporary Spanish style in particular, ...
ALTERNATE TRACERY: one of the main divisions of Perpendicular tracery, in which supermullions rise from the tops of the archlets immediately below but where no mullion is carried up to the window head in a direct line (cf.
In England, Gothic is normally divided into three succeeding phases - Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular. Greek cross plan Church floor plan with four equal arms. See also Latin Cross Plan.
The manifest tendencies of the Decorated -- not, it must be confessed, of the most promising kind -- were terminated and instead a new progress was instituted toward development of what we now know as Perpendicular the first style of architecture ...
The prayer hall is one third of the mosque area and comprises seventeen aisles perpendicular to the qibla wall with another aisle parallel to the wall.
Gothic builders found that pointed arches could support more weight than perpendicular walls. With pointed arches supporting the roof, walls could be thinner.
Ribbed Vaulting.
Romanesque took this form and put it into a cruciform, added in a transept 3/4 of the way perpendicular to the nave, forming the shape of a cross.
Some of the many excellent Perpendicular Gothic buildings to see today include King's College Chapel, Cambridge, (1446-1515), Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey (1503-19), and Bath Abbey (1501-39).
The corner building with the doorway perpendicular to the corner is the signature footprint of the beaux Arts style. here the doorway is flanked by two Doric columns.
Double Header - Two beams instead of one placed perpendicular to joists in framing for a chimney, stairway or other opening.
Double Trimmer - Two joists instead of one into which a header is framed.
knee brace (strut) - a diagonal support across the angle formed by two perpendicular members.
lancet arch or window - A long, narrow, pointed arch or window ...
Fan vault - A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Perpendicular Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan.
Fan vault - Bath Abbey ...
Beveled Edge
Refers to an edge of a structure that is not perpendicular (but instead often at 45 degrees) to the faces of the piece. The words bevel and chamfer overlap in usage.
Ell -- The rear wing of a house, generally one room wide and running perpendicular to the principal building.
Engaged Column -- A round column attached to the wall.
transept In a church, a projecting space that is perpendicular to the nave; the nave and transepts intersect at the crossing to produce a cruciform plan.
BARREL
a semicircular vault unbroken by ribs
UNDERPITCH
a barrel vault with small perpendicular vaults underneath
GROIN
formed from intersection of two vaults ...
These use a simplified version of Perpendicular, characterised by straight-headed mullioned windows with arched lights, and by rooflines with steep gables and tall chimneys, often asymmetrically placed.Tudor arch ...
Egress Hinge - A hinge utilizing a scissor-type bar at the bottom, allowing the window to open wider than perpendicular to the frame and providing an avenue of escape in case of emergency.
Modest forms of bungalows also have these features:
1-1.5 stories long, rectangular volumes
ridgepole perpendicular to the street
hipped roofs small front porches ...
fan vault: the application of decorative cusped panels to solid semi-cones, as used in late Perpendicular churches.
Its most distinctive feature, as compared with the Greek or the Egyptian style, is the predominance in it of perpendicular or rising lines, producing forms that convey the idea of soaring or mounting upwards.
3 kg per cm length per 2.5 mm dia
Wobble saw - A circular saw on a pair of tapered washers, making it slightly off perpendicular to the drive shaft to cut a wide herf. It is used in joinery for cutting open mortises ...
Do not confuse with pendent Perpendicular: English architectural style (1330-1540). Petit appareil: Small cubical stonework. Pier: An upright support, generally square, rectangular, or composite.
 See also: Architecture, Roman, Decorated, Gothic, Vault
  
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