Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Art & architecture Particular topics

Ghiera

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GHIERA. - A moulding that profiles the extrados of an arch. It is used especially in pre-Romanesque and Romanesque architecture, to which it contributes a sense of weight and solidity.

In St. Peter's at Tuscania (11th century) it is adorned with strange tooth-like projections; in a simpler form it is found in St. Elias at Nepi, then in a great number of Romanesque churches (St. Zeno at Verona, St. Mary of Castello in Genoa, etc.), and in some of the earliest Gothic ones (St. Galgano). The double g. is characteristic of Pisan and Apulian Romanesque architecture.

Mario Zocca

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 301.

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Zocca, Mario. “Ghiera.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 301. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/ghiera.

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Zocca, Mario. “Ghiera.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 301. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ghiera.

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@incollection{ec6_ghiera,
  author    = {Zocca, Mario},
  title     = {Ghiera},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {301},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ghiera}
}

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