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tympan
tympan, tympanum (pl. tympana).
1. Triangular or segmental face of a pediment contained between the horizontal and raking cornices or horizontal and segmental cornices, often enriched with relief sculpture. 2. Area above a lintel over an opening contained by an arch set above it, e.g. in the west doors of the Churches of St-Gilles-du-Gard, near Arles (C12), and the Madeleine, Vézelay (C12), both in France. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tympan." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tympan." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tympan.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tympan." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tympan.html |
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tympan †tympanum OE.; (typogr.) in a printing press, frame for equalizing pressure XVI. OE. timpana and ME. timpan (in renderings of biblical passages) — L. tympanum TYMPANUM. reinforced by (O)F. tympan.
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T. F. HOAD. "tympan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "tympan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tympan.html T. F. HOAD. "tympan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tympan.html |
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tympan
•Buchanan, cannon, canon, colcannon, Louisianan, Montanan, Rhiannon, Shannon
•Botswanan
•Lennon, pennon, tenon
•Canaan
•Burkinan, Henan
•finnan
•phenomenon, prolegomenon
•Parthenon
•Arizonan, Conan, Ronan
•Lebanon • Algernon • Vernon
•Groningen • Vlissingen
•Tongan, wrong'un
•cap'n, happen
•dampen, lampern
•aspen
•parpen, sharpen, tarpon
•weapon • hempen
•capon, misshapen
•cheapen, deepen, steepen
•tympan • ripen • saucepan • open
•lumpen
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"tympan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tympan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tympan.html "tympan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tympan.html |
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