Tuesday, December 20, 2005

20 December

This arch is called
"Schwipbogen" in German and can be seen in lots of windows here. I tried to find out where the name comes from, but to no avail. Is there something like this in England? What's it called? Posted by Picasa

posted by Stephan @ 12/20/2005   1 comments

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At 20/12/05, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also found "Schwippbogen" or "Schwibbogen" (from "Schweben") in the Brockhaus Encyclopedia:

1) Baukunst: (Schwebebogen), Bogen ohne darauf lastendes Mauerwerk; ...
2) Volkskunst: im Erzgebirge aus der bergmännischen Tradition ...
Quelle: Brockhaus in 15 Bänden

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2. Schwib|bogen,
1) Bauwesen: →Strebebogen.
2) Volkskunst: Bez. für einen Lichtträger in Bogenform; ...
English: flying buttress [constr.] [engin.] der Strebebogen ??? Have not seen anything like that lit with candles in England up to now. Let's hope for enlightenment from England!

 

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