Lintels

The distance between columns was similarly affected by the nature of the lintel, columns on the exterior of buildings and carrying stone lintels being closer together than those on the interior, which carried wooden lintels.

He added that while the lintels have been removed from display, “There must be a second vote of the commission on this matter in six months’ time” before a full return.

The symbols on our lintels and on our canoes must be preserved for the future generations.

Around the cella and across the lintels of the inner columns runs a continuous sculptured frieze in low relief.

Colonette Colonettes were narrow decorative columns that served as supports for the beams and lintels above doorways or windows.

Doors Doors usually have square lintels.

Doorways had broken lintels and raised thresholds.

Indra is associated with the East; since Angkorian temples typically open to the East, his image is sometimes encountered on lintels and pediments facing that direction.

In Khmer temple architecture, the kala serves as a common decorative element on lintels, tympana and walls, where it is depicted as a monstrous head with a large upper jaw lined by large carnivorous teeth, but with no lower jaw.

Like the sarsens, a few have timber-working style cuts in them suggesting that, during this phase, they may have been linked with lintels and were part of a larger structure.

Some brochs such as Dun Dornaigil and Culswick in Shetland have unusual triangular lintels above the entrance door.

Structures Generally, brochs have a single entrance with bar-holes, door-checks and lintels.

Summerson, 19-21 Lintel beams further In architecture, a post-and-lintel or trabeated system refers to the use of horizontal beams or lintels which are borne up by columns or posts.

The largest stones including the lintels and gate jambs weighed well over 20 tonnes; some may have been close to 100 tonnes.

The lintels and pediments are often decorated, and guardian figures ( dvarapalas ) are often placed or carved on either side of the doorways.

The lintels were fitted to one another using another woodworking method, the tongue and groove joint.

The most beautiful Angkorean lintels are thought to be those of the Preah Ko style from the late 9th century.

The tops of the lintels are convert above the ground.

They may have square lintels and triangular or segmental pediments, which are often used alternately.

Workers in the carpintería ( carpentry shop) used crude methods to shape beams, lintels, and other structural elements; more skilled artisans carved doors, furniture, and wooden implements.