| LC control no. | sh2020005425 |
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| Topical heading | Pendentives |
| See also | Architecture--Details |
| Found in | Work cat.: Corbelled ceiling with corner pendentives, Gujarati, India, 1965-2000 via University of Washington digital collections, International Collections, May 7, 2020 Britannica online, May 7, 2020: (Pendentive, in architecture, a triangular segment of a spherical surface, filling in the upper corners of a room, in order to form, at the top, a circular support for a dome) <https://www.britannica.com/technology/pendentive> Merriam-Webster dictionary online, May 7, 2020 (pendentive: one of the concave triangular members that support a dome over a square space) Glossary of medieval art and architecture website, May 7, 2020 (Pendentive, a spherical triangle which acts as a transition between a circular dome and a square base on which the dome is set) <https://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/pendentive.htm> AAT, viewed June 8, 2020 (Pendentives: Curved wall surfaces which form a transition between a dome (or its drum) and the supporting masonry) |
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