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The bond of an arch obtains its name from the arrangement of headers and stretchers on its soffit.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSIf the arch is in Flemish the soffit presents the same appearance as the elevation of a wall built in that bond.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSA projection upon the soffit of the Doric corona, which originally marked the position of the rafter-ends beneath the sheathing.
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ARTFRANZ VON REBERThe soffit of the arch of the Choir has a blue ground covered with multi-coloured birds and arabesques.
CATHEDRAL CITIES OF ITALYWILLIAM WIEHE COLLINSThe door is formed of three stones, two upright, and a cross-stone, forming a soffit.
RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES (VOL. II OF II)CHARLES BUCKEIt springs from six banded pillars, and has a soffit exquisitely worked with zig-zags and cusps.
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE AND ELYREV. EDWARD CONYBEARE.Another very striking thing in the composition is the telling mass of shadow on the soffit of the central arch.
WINDOWS, A BOOK ABOUT STAINED & PAINTED GLASSLEWIS F. DAYIn the soffit of the architrave are sunk panels of various patterns, the six-armed cross occurring twice.
BYZANTINE CHURCHES IN CONSTANTINOPLEALEXANDER VAN MILLINGENTheir arches have zig-zag work in the outer moulding, and a double cable in the soffit.
BELL'S CATHEDRALS: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF GLOUCESTER [2ND ED.]H. J. L. J. MASSThe soffit is flat, with a round moulding at the inner and the outer edge.
THE STORY OF CHARTRESCECIL HEADLAMWORDS RELATED TO SOFFIT
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