Cousin · Iran
squinch
An arch or corbelled niche built across the upper corner of a square room to carry a dome.
By spanning the four corners of a square chamber at forty-five degrees, squinches turn a square plan into an octagon capable of supporting a round dome—the structural ancestor of muqarnas vaulting.
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