MessageHey, I know what those are, thanks Dan. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Becker, Dan Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:46 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [BP] [BULK] Re: [BP] Classical Greek http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/squinch.asp -----Original Message----- From: Jim Follett [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 6:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [BP] [BULK] Re: [BP] Classical Greek "squinch and a pendentive" Well I'm screwed, not being an architect, and Webster's doesn't list either of these words, hunh, what? Jim -----Original Message----- From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [BULK] Re: [BP] Classical greek Importance: Low In a message dated 10/11/2004 11:19:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Yep. And I learned that pendentives are better. Your age is showing. Sign you, Mr. Archaic. If you're more archaic than I am, you're way too archaic. For some reason which I no longer remember, I thought there WAS a difference between a squinch and a pendentive, but from my moments-ago reading of Saylor's Dictionary of Architecture, they seem to be the same. CRS, indeed. Ralph