arcade
arcade.
1. Series of arches on the same plane, supported by colonnettes, columns, piers, or pilasters. Varieties of arcade include:alternating: with arches springing from the ends of two-column colonnades, resembling a series of overlapping serlianas;blind: arcade engaged with or attached to a wall, also called surface-or wall-arcade;coupled: carried on coupled columns;interlacing or intersecting: overlapping arcades, e.g. Romanesque overlapping arcades, producing a series of pointed arches, as in Southwell Minster, Notts. (C12);nave: series of arches on piers separating the nave from the aisle and supporting the clerestorey in a church;regular: any series of repetitive arches, also called a simple arcade;screen: arcade standing on its own as a feature, or used as a screen;simple: see regular above;surface: see blind above;syncopated: two rows of arcade, one in front of the other, with the colonnette shafts of one set in front of the centres of the arches behind, as in Lincoln Cathedral;wall: see blind above.
2. Row of vertical arcade-posts carrying the arcade-plate, and set between the nave or central area and aisles of a timber-framed aisled building.
3. Top-lit roofed passage with shops on either side, known as a shopping-arcade, equivalent to the galerie, galleria, or passage on the Continent.
4. Avenue arched over with trees and shrubs.
4. Avenue arched over with trees and shrubs.
1. Series of arches on the same plane, supported by colonnettes, columns, piers, or pilasters. Varieties of arcade include:alternating: with arches springing from the ends of two-column colonnades, resembling a series of overlapping serlianas;blind: arcade engaged with or attached to a wall, also called surface-or wall-arcade;coupled: carried on coupled columns;interlacing or intersecting: overlapping arcades, e.g. Romanesque overlapping arcades, producing a series of pointed arches, as in Southwell Minster, Notts. (C12);nave: series of arches on piers separating the nave from the aisle and supporting the clerestorey in a church;regular: any series of repetitive arches, also called a simple arcade;screen: arcade standing on its own as a feature, or used as a screen;simple: see regular above;surface: see blind above;syncopated: two rows of arcade, one in front of the other, with the colonnette shafts of one set in front of the centres of the arches behind, as in Lincoln Cathedral;wall: see blind above.
2. Row of vertical arcade-posts carrying the arcade-plate, and set between the nave or central area and aisles of a timber-framed aisled building.
3. Top-lit roofed passage with shops on either side, known as a shopping-arcade, equivalent to the galerie, galleria, or passage on the Continent.
4. Avenue arched over with trees and shrubs.
4. Avenue arched over with trees and shrubs.
Bibliography
Alcock,, Barley,, Dixon,, & and Meeson (1996);
Geist (1983);
MacKeith (1986)
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