Pendentives
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Name (Latin)
Pendentives
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Q734605
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sh2020005425
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Corbelled ceiling with corner pendentives, Gujarati, India, 1965-2000 via University of Washington digital collections, International Collections, 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 ( (Britannica online, May 7, 2020:) )
- Merriam-Webster dictionary online, May 7, 2020(pendentive: one of the concave triangular members that support a dome over a square space)
- Pendentive, a spherical triangle which acts as a transition between a circular dome and a square base on which the dome is set ( (Glossary of medieval art and architecture website, May 7, 2020) )
- AAT, viewed June 8, 2020(Pendentives: Curved wall surfaces which form a transition between a dome (or its drum) and the supporting masonry)