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Zakomara
Also called zakomary
In Russian church architecture, a semicircular gable at the top of a wall bay, following the curve of the barrel vault behind it.
See also: Kokoshnik
Rules that use the word
Let the roofline follow the vaults. Divide each wall into bays with pilaster strips and end each bay in a semicircular gable, the zakomara, that follows the curve of the barrel vault behind it; shape the roof to the gables.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Byzantium and the Early Church.
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