Springer (architecture)
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A springer is an architectural term for the lowest voussoir on each side of an arch. Since it is the bottom-most element of the arch, it is where the arch support terminates at the responds.[1] It rests on the impost or pier of the arch, that is, the topmost part of the abutment, from which the arch arises.[2]
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- ^ "Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture - springer". University of Pittsburg. http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/springer.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ Ching, Francis D.K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley and Sons. pp. p. 12. ISBN 0-471-82451-3.
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