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date: 15 February 2025

Impost Block, 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Author(s):
Mark J. JohnsonMark J. Johnson, William LoerkeWilliam Loerke

a stone block shaped like an inverted, truncated pyramid, placed on the capitals of columns destined to carry an arcade. The impost block probably evolved from the Roman practice of projecting short ... ...

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