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Architectural elements > Buttresses > Flying buttresses

Preferred term

Flying buttresses  

Definition

  • Exterior arched supports transmitting the thrust of a vault or roof from the upper part of a wall outward to a pier or buttress [AAT 94]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Arch buttresses
  • ARCHED BUTMENTS
  • ARCHED BUTTRESSES
  • BUTMENTS, ARCHED
  • BUTTRESSES, FLYING
  • FLYERS, ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
  • Openwork flying buttresses

Notation

  • 113699

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-QWXL397W-V

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