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Spandrel   Listen
noun
Spandrel  n.  
1.
(Arch.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.
2.
A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. (Cant)





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"Spandrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... already been done in St. Paul's. Two out of the eight large spandrel pictures round the dome are already executed. There are eventually to be four evangelists and four major prophets. Above the gilt rails of the whispering gallery an inscription on a mosaic and gold ground has been placed. A marble memorial pulpit has been put up. The screen ...
— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury


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