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Boss (architecture)

Index Boss (architecture)

In architecture, a boss is a knob or protrusion of stone or wood. [1]

24 relations: Blisland, Bossage, Bristol, Ceiling, Chełmno, Classical architecture, Cornwall, Crepidoma, Dore Abbey, Doric order, English Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture, Green Man, Heraldry, Herefordshire, Jerónimos Monastery, Keystone (architecture), Protus and Hyacinth, Rib vault, Salisbury Cathedral, Segesta, Sicily, St Mary Redcliffe, Three hares.

Blisland

Blisland (Blyslann) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Bossage

Bossage is uncut stone that is laid in place in a building, projecting outward from the building, to later be carved into decorative moldings, capitals, arms, etc.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Ceiling

A ceiling is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

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Chełmno

Chełmno (older Culm) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 20,000 inhabitants and the historical capital of Chełmno Land.

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Classical architecture

Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes even more specifically, from the works of Vitruvius.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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Crepidoma

Crepidoma is an architectural term for part of the structure of ancient Greek buildings.

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Dore Abbey

Dore Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Abbey Dore in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England.

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Doric order

The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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English Gothic architecture

English Gothic is an architectural style originating in France, before then flourishing in England from about 1180 until about 1520.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages.

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Green Man

A Green Man is a sculpture or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a broad term, encompassing the design, display, and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank, and pedigree.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.

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Jerónimos Monastery

The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery (Mosteiro dos Jerónimos), is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal; it was secularised on 28 December 1833 by state decree and its ownership transferred to the charitable institution, Real Casa Pia de Lisboa.

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Keystone (architecture)

A keystone (also known as capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry arch, or the generally round one at the apex of a vault.

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Protus and Hyacinth

Saints Protus and Hyacinth were Christian martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian (257–259 AD).

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Rib vault

The intersection of two to three barrel vaults produces a rib vault or ribbed vault when they are edged with an armature of piped masonry often carved in decorative patterns; compare groin vault, an older form of vault construction.

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Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.

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Segesta

Segesta (Egesta; Siggésta) was one of the major cities of the Elymian people, one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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St Mary Redcliffe

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Three hares

The three hares (or three rabbits) is a circular motif or meme appearing in sacred sites from the Middle and Far East to the churches of Devon, England (as the "Tinners' Rabbits"), and historical synagogues in Europe.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_(architecture)

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