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Lombard band
Also called Lombard bands, corbel table, arched corbel table
A frieze of small round arches on corbels under the eaves, usually linking shallow pilaster strips; the signature of First Romanesque.
See also: Lesene
Rules that use the word
Lombard bands and pilaster strips. Articulate plain rubble walls outside with shallow vertical strips (lesenes) linked at the top by a frieze of small round arches on corbels: the Lombard band.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Romanesque and Gothic.
A feature of Romanesque architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Light · Lintel · Living hall · Loggia · Long gallery · Lotiform · Mandapa · Mansard