Joggle (architecture)
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A joggle is a joint or projection that interlocks blocks (such as a lintel's stone blocks or an arch's voussoirs). Often joggles are semicircular and knob-shaped, so joggled stones have a jigsaw- or zigzag-like pattern.
Joggling can be found in pre-Frankish buildings, in Roman Spain and Roman France.[2] In Islamic architecture, the earliest joggles were in the desert castles of the Umayyad Caliphate, such as Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi.[2] In Mamluk architecture, joggling is usually combined with ablaq (alternating colors).[2] Joggling also characterize Ottoman architecture in Cairo.[3]
The protruding joggle is also called a "he-joggle", whereas the corresponding slot is called a "she-joggle".[4]
See also[edit]
- Dovetail joint: dovetailing can be considered a type of joggling.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ von Reber, Franz (1887). History of Mediaeval Art. Harper & brothers. p. 205.
The round arches of these niches show a joggling of the voussoirs rare in Roman architecture
- ^ a b c Boas, Adrian J. (2010). Domestic Settings: Sources on Domestic Architecture and Day-to-Day Activities in the Crusader States. Brill. p. 68. ISBN 978-90-04-18272-1.
- ^ AlSayyad, Nezar (2011). Cairo: Histories of a City. Harvard University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-674-06079-1.
- ^ Hodgson, Frederick Thomas (1905). The 20th Century Bricklayer's and Mason's Assistant. F.J. Drake & Company. p. 241.
- ^ The industrial self-instructor and technical journal. Ward, Lock and co. 1884. p. 87.
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