In architecture, a springer is the lowest voussoir (wedge-shaped structural element) 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 respond.[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]
Usually, the springer is located at the bottom of an arch curve. The "delayed" springing (when the curvature starts noticeably above the support) is a trait of a stilted arch, common in Romanesque and Gothic architecture.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture - springer". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ Ching, Francis D.K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley and Sons. p. 12. ISBN 0-471-28451-3.
- ^ Jones, Murray & Murray 2013.
Sources
edit- Jones, Tom Devonshire; Murray, Linda; Murray, Peter, eds. (2013). "springing". The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Art and Architecture (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199680276.
External links
edit- "Stilted Arch". The electronic edition of Ruskin’s Venetian Notebooks. Lancaster University. contains many examples of the stilted arch
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