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Hungry joints
Brick or stone joints without
pointing
(exposed mortar), or deeply recessed to show the outline of each stone.
Husk garland
A garland or
festoon
of stylized nutshells.
Hydraulic power
Use of water under high pressure to work machinery.
Hypocaust
(lit. underburning): Roman heating system in which hot air was circulated under the floors.
Iconostasis
In Orthodox churches, the screen that divides off the
sanctuary
, usually decorated with sacred images (icons).
Imperial stair
A stair rising in one flight and returning at right angles in two.
Impost
Horizontal moulding at the springing of an arch.
Impost block
On a column, a block between
abacus
and
capital
.
In antis
Of classical columns, set between
pilasters
or square columns of equal height, often within a
portico
.
Indent
Shape chiselled out of a stone to receive a monumental brass.
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