SQUINCH

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SQUINCH , possibly a corruption of sconce (French equivalents are

pendentive

PENDENTIVE

, trompe), the

term

TERM

in architecture applied to a corbelling out by means of arched rings in stone thrown across the angles of a square tower, to carry an octagonal spire or a

dome

DOME (Lat domus,
house
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
; Ital. duomo,
cathedral
- CATHEDRAL
)

. The earliest examples are found in the palaces of Serbittan and Firuzabad constructed by the

Sassanian

SASSANIAN

dynasty (A.D. 350-450), and in the mosque at Damascus, where it takes the form of a niche. In early French Romanesque

work

WORK

a small niche with additional rings above is employed; a greater importance is sometimes given by small shafts at the sides, of which there are examples in the Coptic churches of

Egypt

EGYPT

, and in France in the

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

at Le Puy and the

church

of St Martin at Dijon. (See

PENDENTIVE

PENDENTIVE

.)

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