It is frequent in the Islamic Hispanic art and Mozarabic art (usually in connection with the horseshoe arch). As the image illustrates, there are two alfiz variants:
The space between the arch and the alfiz is called enjuta or arrabá, usually richly decorated (iron-gray in the illustration). Each curved triangle is called albanega (spandrel).
ReferencesEdit
^Alfiz: "DRAE. Diccionario de la Lengua Española. Vigésima segunda edición", Espasa Calpe, S.A, 2003
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alfiz, alfiz, spanish, alˈfiθ, from, andalusi, arabic, الح, alḥíz, from, standard, arabic, الح, alḥáyyiz, meaning, container, architectural, adornment, consisting, moulding, usually, rectangular, panel, which, encloses, outward, side, arch, architectonic, orna. The alfiz Spanish alˈfi8 from Andalusi Arabic الح ي ز alḥiz from Standard Arabic الح ي ز alḥayyiz meaning the container 1 is an architectural adornment consisting of a moulding usually a rectangular panel which encloses the outward side of an arch It is an architectonic ornament of Etruscan origin used in Visigothic Asturian Moorish Mozarabic Mudejar and Isabelline Gothic architecture Types of Alfiz It is frequent in the Islamic Hispanic art and Mozarabic art usually in connection with the horseshoe arch As the image illustrates there are two alfiz variants Alfiz starting from the impost Alfiz starting from the floor The space between the arch and the alfiz is called enjuta or arraba usually richly decorated iron gray in the illustration Each curved triangle is called albanega spandrel References Edit Alfiz DRAE Diccionario de la Lengua Espanola Vigesima segunda edicion Espasa Calpe S A 2003 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alfiz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfiz amp oldid 1148305569, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
