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The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources edited by Dr. Andrea R. Harbin.
A curved timber across the angle between principals, etc. and tie- or collar-beam, two forming an arch below the latter.
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Arch with springing line raised above the level of the imposts - i.e. with upright masonry between the imposts and feet of the arch.
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Member of a heretical religious current that sought to return mankind to Adam's original state in paradise.
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Lintel on corbels which are concave on the under side. Sometimes called Caernarvon arch because of its prevalence in that castle, and found in the late 13th and 14th centuries. A late 12th century type (e.g. Boothby Pagnell) has the corbels convex to the opening.
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During the Ottoman period, Christians of a locality mobilized and armed to serve under one of their number (a captain) to keep local order.
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