Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Voussure (moulding arch)

A concentric decorative semicircular arc (arch).
Voussures on an archivolte (archivolt) are normally placed in a step-like fashion.
The picture shows the archivolt of the Sainte-Madeleine in Tournus.


Sainte-Madeleine - Tournus

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