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A '''stilted arch''' is an ] where the bottom of the ] consists of vertical sections, or ''stilts'', and the arch springs from the vertical significantly higher than the ] level.{{sfn|Bliss|Garside|Haslam|2008}} A '''stilted arch''' is an ] where the bottom of the ] consists of vertical sections, or ''stilts'', and the arch springs from the vertical significantly higher than the ] level.{{sfn|Bliss|Garside|Haslam|2008}} Both ] and ] arches can be stilted.{{sfn|Pevsner|Honour|Fleming|1992}}


As a result the stilted arch its center above the impost. In ] the arch was frequently used in order to give more importance to the twin arches of the windows, and less to the shaft which divided them. In ] and ] work the stilted arch was often employed in the ] ]s, where in consequence of the closer spacing of the columns the arches were much narrower than those of the ]; in order, however, that the apex of all the arches should be of the same height, the apse arches were stilted.<ref>{{EB1911|title=Stilted}}</ref> As a result the stilted arch its center above the impost. In ] the arch was frequently used in order to give more importance to the twin arches of the windows, and less to the shaft which divided them. In ] and ] work the stilted arch was often employed in the ] ]s, where in consequence of the closer spacing of the columns the arches were much narrower than those of the ]; in order, however, that the apex of all the arches should be of the same height, the apse arches were stilted.<ref>{{EB1911|title=Stilted}}</ref>

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Semicircular stilted arch at St Mark's Basilica in Venice

A stilted arch is an arch where the bottom of the intrados consists of vertical sections, or stilts, and the arch springs from the vertical significantly higher than the impost level. Both semicircular and pointed arches can be stilted.

As a result the stilted arch its center above the impost. In Byzantine architecture the arch was frequently used in order to give more importance to the twin arches of the windows, and less to the shaft which divided them. In Romanesque and Gothic work the stilted arch was often employed in the semi-circular apses, where in consequence of the closer spacing of the columns the arches were much narrower than those of the choir; in order, however, that the apex of all the arches should be of the same height, the apse arches were stilted.

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  1. Bliss, Garside & Haslam 2008.
  2. Pevsner, Honour & Fleming 1992.
  3. Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Stilted". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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