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kokoshniks (gables) (gables (architectural elements), <gables and gable components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Pointed arches located at the culmination of a wall in Russian church architecture. They differ from "zakomaras" in having a a purely decorative rather than a structural purpose. |
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kokoshniks (gables) (preferred,NA,V,English-P,D,U,PN)
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............ | the term refers to their likeness to a ladies' headdress of the same name |
kokoshnik (gables) (NA,V,English,AD,U,SN)
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kokoshnik (gables) (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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kokoshnik gables (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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kokošnik (NA,V,English,UF,U,U)
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kokošnik (gables) (Russian (transliterated),UF,U,N)
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kokosjniks (geveltoppen) (C,U,Dutch,D,U,U)
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kokošniks (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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kokoshniki (gables) (NA,V,Russian (transliterated),UF,U,N)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Puntbogen boven aan muren van Russische kerken. In tegenstelling tot zakomora's zijn kokosjniks zuiver decoratief: ze hebben geen structurele functie. |
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Related concepts: |
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distinguished from .... |
zakomaries (gables) |
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(gables (architectural elements), <gables and gable components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) [300266650] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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kokoshniki (gables)............ |
[Suzzallo-UW, VP] |
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Azarov, Russian-English Encyclopedic Dictionary of Arts (2005) v. 1, 656 |
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Brumfield, History of Russian Architecture (2004) 86, 280, 524 |
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Voyce, National Elements in Russian Architecture, Society of Architectural Historians (1957) v. 16, no. 2, p. 10, "kokoshnik" singular |
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