spandrils

In the drainage holes of the spandrils six small charges were inserted zigzag, and with their explosion all the arches were scientifically shattered; the demolition being a fine example of that finest sort which left the skeleton of its bridge intact indeed, but tottering, so that the repairing enemy had a first labour to destroy the wreck, before they could attempt to rebuild.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

The drainage holes in the spandrils held from three to five pounds of gelatine each.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

The side sections of the screen terminate in ogee arches, elaborately cusped and crocketed, with perpendicular tracery in the spandrils.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

A depressed arch forms a canopy, in the spandrils of which are the abbot's initials R.C. and his pastoral staff.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

But the highest honour ever conferred upon the Sibyls was that which Michael Angelo bestowed when he painted them on the spandrils of the wonderful roof of the

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

The north wall contains the remains of a trefoil-headed arcade of great beauty, the spandrils of which show richly carved foliage, the effect of which was further heightened by the application of colour.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

On the market-house at Watton the spandrils of an Elizabethan doorway have been placed, taken from some old building in the town.

Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851 Various

Its lower edge is foliated, and the spandrils are enriched with quatrefoils.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

A peculiarity of the nave interior is a series of large corbels, which project from the spandrils of the triforium arcade, and the object of which was to enable a passage to be carried round the solid piers introduced between the windows.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

The entrance to this door consists of a depressed arch, with a square head over it; the spandrils are pierced with an open quatrefoil.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire